We want to complete the given statement using one of the inequality signs.
-2 15 -2 16Let’s do this by plotting the numbers on a number line to see which is farther to the left.
The farther to the left, the less the number. We can see that -2 15 is farther to the left than -2 16. This means that -2 15 is less than -2 16.
-2 15 < -2 16
