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GCSE Maths: Negatives: ordering

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  1. What does the symbol '<' mean when comparing two numbers?

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    Less than. The number on the left is smaller than the number on the right.

  2. What does the symbol '>' mean when comparing two numbers?

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    Greater than. The number on the left is larger than the number on the right.

  3. When ordering negative numbers, which is smaller: -5 or -2?

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    -5 is smaller. With negative numbers, the further from zero, the smaller the value.

  4. Is a negative number always smaller than a positive number?

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    Yes. Any negative number is always less than any positive number.

  5. When ordering temperatures from lowest to highest, ? temperatures come before positive temperatures.

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    negative

  6. When ordering 15, -20, and 0 from smallest to largest, what is the correct order?

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    -20, 0, 15. Negatives come first, then zero, then positives.

  7. When arranging numbers in ascending order, which should come first: the smallest or the largest?

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    The smallest.

  8. What does 'half a million' equal in numerical form?

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    500,000

  9. What does 'one billion' equal in numerical form?

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    1,000,000,000

  10. In ascending order, which is smaller: ninety-seven thousand or half a million?

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    Ninety-seven thousand (97,000 < 500,000).

  11. Which is larger: two million or one billion?

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    One billion (1,000,000,000 > 2,000,000).

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