Question

How can the largest number in a list of twenty numbers be found?

Answer 1

Answer:

Here is well explained strategy to answer this question.

The largest number can be selected easily from group of numbers.

First see the number of digits in the numbers. the number with highest number of digits will be largest.

If there are various numbers with same number of digits., then

See the leftmost digit of the numbers given.

The digit with highest left most digit is largest number.

If there are more than one numbers with same leftmost digit, Then see the second leftmost digit of these numbers, the number with highest number at second left place will be largest.

If second digit is same for few numbers, then see the third from left in the same way and continue till you get the answer,

Example: Find largest number in 996, 287, 444

Here 996 is largest as its left most digit in 9

Answer 2

Answer:

To find the largest number in a list of two numbers : There are two ways of finding the largest number

• Arrange all the numbers in the list in ascending order

All the numbers in the list are arranged in the ascending order such that the smallest number comes at the beginning and so on. Now, the number which occur at the last is the required largest number.

• Arrange all the numbers in the list in descending order

All the numbers in the list are arranged in the descending order such that the largest number comes at the beginning and so on. Now, the number which occur at the first position is the required largest number.