Question

Order 1 , 1 , 3 from least to greatest. Help me ??
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3 2 4

Answer 1

Well lets think about it....think in terms of money....and a dollar

1/4 of 1 dollar would equate to 25 cents right?
1/2 of 1 dollar would equate to 50 cents right?
1/3 of 1 dollar would equate to around 33 cents right?

so from least to greatest it must be

1/4 , 1/3 , 1/2

Answer 2

I hope that helped!

Answer 3

here is one way to do it
http://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/fractions/Equivalent_fractions/v/ordering-fractions

or, you could change each to a decimal number (if you know how)