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OpenStudy (emogirlatemoooocow):

Which set of numbers is ordered from least to greatest? A. {0.4, 2.3, –1.1, –2, –3.1} B. {–3.1, –2, –1.1, 0.4, 2.3} C. {–3.1, –2, –1.1, 2.3, 0.4} D. {2.3, 0.4, –1.1, –2, –3.1}

OpenStudy (inowalst):

What do you think?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (emogirlatemoooocow):

i thought it was A.

OpenStudy (inowalst):

No. That has a 0.4 after the 0, to the left.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you start from the negatives, because youre going least to greatest

OpenStudy (inowalst):

That should be after the 0, to the right.

OpenStudy (inowalst):

So A is wrong.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

as well as D

OpenStudy (emogirlatemoooocow):

so it has to be between B or C

OpenStudy (inowalst):

Yes.

OpenStudy (inowalst):

As I said, look at the 0.4.

OpenStudy (inowalst):

What comes first, 0 or 2?

OpenStudy (emogirlatemoooocow):

the 2?

OpenStudy (inowalst):

No.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

now you can decipher between b and c

OpenStudy (inowalst):

On a number line. .....0,1,2....

OpenStudy (inowalst):

The 0 is first, right?

OpenStudy (emogirlatemoooocow):

yeah

OpenStudy (inowalst):

So, what's your answer?

OpenStudy (inowalst):

You have to look at the last two numbers, because -3.1, -2, -1.1 is the same for both.

OpenStudy (emogirlatemoooocow):

C.?

OpenStudy (inowalst):

No.

OpenStudy (inowalst):

I said 0 or 0.any number comes before 1,2,3...

OpenStudy (inowalst):

How can 2.3 come before 0.4, if 0 is first?

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