Question
Using the number line, write the integer which is: $2$ less than $-2$.
✓
Answer
Firstly, we draw a number line. Now, to get integer $2$ less than $-2$, we start from $-2$ and move $2$ steps to the left of $-2$ and reach at $-4$. 
Flence, $2$ less than $2$ is $-4$.
Flence, $2$ less than $2$ is $-4$.Need a full question paper?
Generate a complete, print-ready paper with questions like this in minutes — across 16+ boards, with answer keys.
Explore more
Similar questions
Fill in the box: $\frac{1}{2}-\square=\frac{1}{6}$
→Divide and check your answer by the corresponding multiplication in the following:
$19881 ÷ 47$
→$19881 ÷ 47$
Find the circumference of a circle of radius $7\ cm$. $\Big[\text{Take} \ \pi=\frac{22}{7}\Big]$
→Of the $72$ persons working in an office, $28$ are men and the remaining are women. Find the ratio of the number of:
$i.\ $Men to that of women.
$ii.\ $Men to the total number persons.
$iii.\ $Persons to that of women.
→$i.\ $Men to that of women.
$ii.\ $Men to the total number persons.
$iii.\ $Persons to that of women.
The length of a steel tape for measurements of buildings is $10m$ and its width is $2.4\ cm$. What is the ratio of its length to width?
→On an average $\frac{1}{10}$ of the food eaten is turned into organism’s own body and is available for the next level of consumer in a food chain. What fraction of the food eaten is not available for the next level?
→A wire of length $86\ cm$ is bent in the form of a rectangle such that its length is $7\ cm$ more than its breadth. Find the length and the breadth of the rectangle so formed.
→Replace $\square$ by the correct number: $\frac{18}{24}=\frac{\square}4$
→In the other exercises that you did above, did you notice that subtracting a negative number was the same as adding the corresponding positive number?
The weight of an empty gas cylinder is $16\frac{4}{5}\text{kg}$ and it contains $14\frac{2}{3}\text{kg}$ of gas. What is the weight of the cylinder filled with gas?
→