Order Rational Numbers in Context Practice Test

A student’s lunch account shows a balance of $-\$12$ (they owe money). Another student has $$5$ (money available). Which statement best interprets the inequality $-12<5$ in this context?

A timer shows minutes relative to now: $-10$ means 10 minutes ago, $0$ means now, and $5$ means 5 minutes from now. Put these times in order from earliest to latest.