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.

Question

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. To list the scores in order from greatest to least:

4, 3, 1, 0, -1, -2, -3

b. The inequality showing the relationship between the largest (4) and the smallest (-3) value is:

4 > -3

c. The statement interpreting this inequality about the relative positions of these numbers on a number line is:

"On a number line, the score 4 is to the right of -3, indicating that 4 is greater than -3."