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Explain how to order a set of real number

 Oct 19, 2015

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I keep sorting them into two groups until there is only one in each group.

Like for instance

 

5, -4,  0.6,  0.1,  11/12

First negs are smaller than pos so -4 is in one pile and the rest in another

-4,              5,  0.6,  0.1,  11/12

 Now I can see that 5 is the biggest it is the only one greater than 1

-4,              0.6,  0.1,  11/12                  5

Now I would split them into more than 1/2 and less than 1/2.   0.1 is the only one less than 1/2

 

-4,              0.6,  0.1,  11/12                  5

 

-4,   0.1,                 0.6,  11/12                         5

 

Now 11/12 is almost 1 and 0.6 is only a bit more than 1/2   so the answer is 

 

-4,      0.1,       0.6,     11/12       5

 

If there are any that are really close together you can use a calc to change them to decimals and you should know how to place decimals in order!

 Oct 19, 2015

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