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Locate the integers “-9 and -16” 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 -16 is left to the number -9.
\So, -9 is greater than -16 and -16 is less than -9
\The symbol for greater than is “>”
\The symbol for less than is “<”
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