CEMC Pascal, 2025

Algebra Difficulty 1.1 Junior Find the answer Canada

How many of the numbers $-4$ ,
$-2$ , $-3.5$ , $-2.5$ , and $6$ are to the left of $-3$ when placed on the number line?

Pick one

Solution

Numbers to the left of $-3$ on
a number line are less than $-3$ (and
numbers to the right are greater). Exactly $2$ of the given numbers, namely $-4$ and $-3.5$ , are less than $-3$ and thus would be placed to the left
of $-3$ on the number line.

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