Question

How do you write the numbers in order from least to greatest: -12/5, -1.35, -1 7/9?

Answer 1

`-12/5, -1 7/9,-1.35`

Explanation:

`-12/5 = -2 2/5 or -2.4`
`-1 7/9 ~~ -1.77`
`-1.35`

The smaller a negative number the greater it actually is.

Positive 1.35 is the smallest out of the three, if they were all positive. Therefore, it would be the largest as a negative. Because it is closest to `0.`

So `-1.35` would be last since it is the greatest.

Then it would `-1.77` as the second greatest because it is smaller than `-1.35` but larger than `-2.4.` Therefore, `-2.4` would be the smallest so that would be first, if you were ordering it from least to greatest.

`= overbrace(-12/5)^-2.4, overbrace(-1 7/9)^-1.77, overbrace(-1.35)^-1.35`