Question

Order the following from least to Greatest? -7 1/20. -7.5. 7 4/10. |-7.3|. 7.55. -7.35

Answer 1

`-7.5, - 7.35, -7 1/20 , |-7.3|, 7 4/ 10, 7.55`

Explanation:

Let's repeat the list:

`-7 1/20 , -7.5, 7 4/10, |-7.3|, 7.55, -7.35`

There are lots of ways to go about these. `100` is a common denominator, so let's write these all exactly with two decimal places:

`-7 1/20 = -7 5/100 = -7.05`

`-7.5 = -7.50`

`7 4/ 10 = 7.40`

`|-7.3| = 7.30`

`7.55`

`- 7.35`

These are easily sorted now:

`-7.50, - 7.35, -7.05, 7.30, 7.40, 7.55`

or in their original form

`-7.5, - 7.35, -7 1/20 , |-7.3|, 7 4/ 10, 7.55`