Arrange the following integers in order from greatest to least.
–42, 41, 40, –39, – 4

Please use commas between numbers in your answer.

The correct answer is 41,40,–4,–39,–42

Since we need to write from greatest to least, let us write positive numbers first in descending order i.e. 41, 40

Next, write negative integers, but in this case, remember that negative sign makes -42 smaller than -39 and -39 smaller than -4 ⇒ -4, -39, -42

Hence the numbers from greatest to smallest will be written as
41, 40, –4, –39, –42