Question

6The lowest temperature everrecorded on earth was -8900in Antarctica. The averagetemperature on Mars is abou-55°C. Which is warmer?Write an inequality to suppoyour answer.

Answer 1

In the negative numbers, the greatest value is the smallest number

Examples:

-2 < -1

-10 < -9

-1000 < -100

Since the temperature on earth was -8900

Since the average temperature on Mars is about -55

The wormer is the greatest number, then

-55 > -8900

Mars is warmer