no -9 is smaller becasue the numbers are negative. If you think of a number line -6 would be closer to 0 and therfor bigger.
Take it into a form of a number line. Place -9 and -6 in their correct places and see which one is closer to zero. Who ever is closer is more.
No it isa not -6 is bigger then -9 because like think of it as regular numbers and count like it is back words ok that is how i do it