Question

Sam's credit card balance is less than -$36. Does Sam owe more or less than $36?

Answer 1

Sam owes more than `$36`.

Explanation:

If Sam's credit card balance is less than `-$36`, then that means the value in his credit card must be less than `-36`. In other words, it should be a number whose value is less than `-36` such as `-37, -38, -39, -40, etc.`

In addition, that means that Sam would owe more than `$36` since the absolute value of a number less than `-36` would be greater than `36`. (e.g.)

Thus, with that being said, that is why Sam would owe more than `$36`.

Answer 2

See explanation.

Explanation:

Note that to get from +7 to +3 you move to the left on the number line. So 3 is less than 7. Mathematically written as `3<7`

Suppose the balance was `-$39`.

To get to `-$39` from `-$36` you have to go further from 0 and to the left on the number line.

Also this means that as you are further to the left of `-$36` then `-$39` is less than `-$36`.

So as you are further from 0 you would have to pay back more than `$36` to get back to 0.