Question Video: Verifying a Given Comparison Statement with Integers Mathematics • Sixth Year of Primary School

Video Transcript

Determine whether the following is true or false: 18 is less than 14.

Placing these on a number line will help us to decide if 18 is less than 14. Numbers to the left become smaller. And numbers towards the right become greater.

So 18 is on the greater side. So 18 is greater than 14. So it should be written like this. Therefore, this statement must be false.