Question

Maggie and her friends played an online trivia game. Their scores at the end of the game were −1, 3, 0, −2, 1, −3, and 4 points. a. List the scores in order from greatest to least. b. Write an inequality to show the relationship between the largest and the smallest value. c. Write a statement that interprets the inequality you wrote as a statement about the relative position of those numbers on a number line.

Answer 1

a. The scores in order from greatest to least are:
4, 3, 1, 0, -1, -2, -3.

b. The inequality to show the relationship between the largest and the smallest value is:
\(4 > -3\).

c. This inequality can be interpreted as follows: The number 4, which is the highest score, is located to the right of -3, the lowest score, on the number line. This indicates that 4 is greater than -3 in value, and thus represents a higher position on the number line compared to -3.