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#1 2009-09-23 09:25:04

Fruityloop
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This was from a couple of years ago.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ … _confusion

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While -8 is a lower number than -7 because it is at a greater distance from zero, -7 is a *smaller* number than -8, since smaller refers to the magnitude of the number rather than its distance from zero.
So -7+20=13 and -8+20=12, so 13 is *smaller* than 12?

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