hello
to compare or know the difference between rational numbers and integers
rational numbers are numbers in which are expressed as fractions of two integers eg a/b where b is a non zero number
integers are whole numbers in mathemathics without the expression in fraction or rather they're expressed in fractions but the denominator must be equal to 1
now when we want to compare and order integers, they're prefereably done using the number line system.
for an integer
[tex]\begin{gathered} in\text{ the number line system} \\ -3>\text{ }-4 \\ 2\text{ }<\text{ 3} \end{gathered}[/tex]while in rational numbers,
[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{1}{2}\text{ }>\text{ }\frac{1}{4} \\ -\frac{2}{3}\text{ <}\frac{1}{2} \end{gathered}[/tex]