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Question
Use a number line to write the following integers in descending (decreasing) order:
-4, 3, -8, -12, -7 and 6.
Solution
-4, 3, -8, -12, -7 and 6.
Draw a number line for integers, as shown below, and mark on it all the given integers.
Clearly, the given integers in the descending order are: 6 > 3 > -4 > -7 > -8 > -12
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