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Locate the integers “15 and -6” on the number line.
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The numbers on a number line increase as you move from left to right.
\Observe that the number -6 is left to the number 15.
\So, 15 is greater than -6 and -6 is less than 15.
\The symbol for greater than is “>”
\The symbol for less than is “<”
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