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The integers are “![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=47d14a7bde87a6facfaef0c5fce4d3a4.png\")
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Locate the integers “-2and 16” on the number line.![\"\"](\"/userfiles/image/Library/number%20line_pa_64_p31.gif\")
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The numbers on a number line increase as you move from left to right.
\Observe that the number -2 is left to the number 16.
\So, 16 is greater than -2 and -2 is less than 16.
\The symbol for greater than is “>”
\The symbol for less than is “<”
\The inequalities are ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=69c96e9ede70023859d1fd276d20d927.png\")
and ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=d97abbe14a85a2931b969d5bcfaca06f.png\")
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The inequalities are![\"\"](\"http://www.mathskey.com/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=69c96e9ede70023859d1fd276d20d927.png\")
and![\"\"](\"http://www.mathskey.com/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=d97abbe14a85a2931b969d5bcfaca06f.png\")
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