Which number in the following pair is greater?
$- 16, - 28$

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Solution

Solution:
We know that as we keep on moving towards the left of $0$ , $- 16$ is closer to $0$ as compared to $- 28$ .
This means that $- 28$ lies to the left of $- 16$ on the number line and the number on the right side is always greater.
Thus, $- 16$ is greater than $- 28$

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