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Locate the integer “9 and 12” on the number line.![\"integers](\"/userfiles/image/Library/Pre_Algebra/integers_9_and_12.gif\")
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The numbers on a number line increase as you move from left to right.
\Observe that the number 9 is left to the number 12.
\So 12 is greater than 9.
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