Understanding Number Line Placement

Keith is tasked with plotting negative eight and negative nine on a number line. The video presents multiple-choice options to determine the correct placement of these numbers. By plotting the numbers, it is shown that negative nine is further to the left than negative eight, making it smaller. The correct answer is option C, which states that negative nine should be plotted to the left of negative eight because it is less than negative eight.

What is Keith trying to do with negative eight and negative nine?

• Plot them on a number line

• Add them together

• Multiply them

• Find their absolute values

Which statement is NOT one of the options given for plotting the numbers?

• Negative nine is less than negative eight

• Negative eight is less than negative nine

• Negative nine is equal to negative eight

• Negative eight is greater than negative nine

Why should negative eight be plotted to the left of negative nine according to one of the options?

• Because negative eight is a prime number

• Because negative eight is equal to negative nine

• Because negative eight is greater than negative nine

• Because negative eight is less than negative nine

What is the best way to determine the correct placement of the numbers?

• By plotting them on a number line

• By using a calculator

• By asking a friend

• By guessing

How many units to the left of zero is negative eight?

• Ten units

• Seven units

• Nine units

• Eight units

Which statement is true about the placement of negative nine and negative eight?

• Negative nine is above negative eight

• Negative nine is to the left of negative eight

• Negative nine is to the right of negative eight

• Negative nine is below negative eight