Which of these negative numbers is the largest?
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the smallest no. is the largest negative no.
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As there are no options given, I will assume my own options for this question so as to make the explanation simple.
So, let us take the options to be:
1) -6
2) -22
3) -2224
4) -2
As soon as we see the options, we choose the bigger looking number i.e. -2224. However, that is a wrong answer. Here, we need to find the largest number, not the largest magnitude. As the negative value increases, the number becomes smaller. You can check this by writing the numbers on a number line and seeing which has a higher value.
Thus, the lowest negative number will be the largest. Therefore, here -2 will be the largest number among the given options.
Hope this solves your query.
So, let us take the options to be:
1) -6
2) -22
3) -2224
4) -2
As soon as we see the options, we choose the bigger looking number i.e. -2224. However, that is a wrong answer. Here, we need to find the largest number, not the largest magnitude. As the negative value increases, the number becomes smaller. You can check this by writing the numbers on a number line and seeing which has a higher value.
Thus, the lowest negative number will be the largest. Therefore, here -2 will be the largest number among the given options.
Hope this solves your query.
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