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GB-02-01-001 · Ordering signed integers

Write these numbers in order of size, starting with the smallest.
−42,−30,3,−39,−8-42,\quad -30,\quad 3,\quad -39,\quad -8

Ordering Negative & Positive Integers Supplementary GCSE method — not covered in this booklet
Method
1) Use a number line: more negative numbers lie further to the left (smaller)
2) List from smallest to largest
Worked Example (GB-02-01-001)
1)
All five numbers in the correct order.
Ans = −42,−39,−30,−8,3-42, -39, -30, -8, 3