Ordering and Comparing Integers on a Number Line

To confuse the students

To make the numbers look bigger

To help visualize the relative positions of numbers

To make the numbers look smaller

Below 0

To the left of 0

To the right of 0

Above 0

20

Negative 2

3

Negative 18

Because 18 is a larger number

Because it is farther away from zero on the number line

Because it is closer to zero on the number line

Because it is a positive number

20, 12, 3

3, 12, 20

12, 3, 20

3, 20, 12

5 > 10

5 < 10

5 = 10

5 ≥ 10

It depends on the numbers

They are equal

The positive number

The negative number

Negative 13 is greater than negative 5

Negative 13 is closer to zero than negative 5

Negative 13 is less than negative 5

Negative 13 is equal to negative 5

Negative 8 is greater than negative 18

Negative 8 is less than negative 18

Negative 8 is farther from zero than negative 18

Negative 8 is equal to negative 18

Negative numbers are always greater than positive numbers

Negative numbers are always equal to positive numbers

The larger the negative number, the farther it is from zero

The larger the negative number, the closer it is to zero