How do you rearrange these numbers from least to greatest: 0.5, -0.75, |-6|, -3.25 ?

1 Answer
Sep 28, 2016

Numbers from least to greatest are #-3.25, -0.75, 0.5, |-6|#

Explanation:

As absolute value of a number is always positive, #|-6|=6#.

So there are two positive numbers in the list, #6# and #0.5# and former is greater than the latter.

Among two negative numbers, as #-3.25# is more negative, it is the least and is hence greater than #-0.75#.

Hence, numbers from least to greatest are #-3.25, -0.75, 0.5, |-6|#