ACT Math : Decimals

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Example Questions

Example Question #5 : Ordering

Order the following from least to greatest: \displaystyle \textup{0.2, 0.34, 0.25, 1.8, 0.02}

Possible Answers:

\displaystyle \textup{0.34,1.8,0.02,0.25,0.2}

\displaystyle 1.8, 0.02, 0.2, 0.25, 0.34

\displaystyle \textup{0.02, 0.2, 0.25, 0.34, 1.8}

\displaystyle 1.8, 0.34, 0.25, 0.2, 0.02

\displaystyle 0.25, 0.2, 0.02, 0.34, 1.8

Correct answer:

\displaystyle \textup{0.02, 0.2, 0.25, 0.34, 1.8}

Explanation:

\displaystyle 0.02, equivalent to two-hundredths, is the least out of the collection.

\displaystyle 0.2, equivalent to twenty-hundredths, is the next highest. 

\displaystyle 0.25, equivalent to twenty-five hundredths, is the next highest.

\displaystyle 0.34, equivalent to thirty-four hundredths, is the next highest.

Finally, the highest number is \displaystyle 1.8, equivalent to one hundred and eighty hundredths. 

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