Question

Write the following in increasing order: 0.65, 6/7, 7%, 68%
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Answer 1

Answer:

Given :

0.65

,

2

3

,

3

5

,

0.5

. To arrange the numbers in ascending order.

For this type of problems, either we should convert all the numbers to fractions or decimals and then arrange them in the ascending order.

Let’s first change all numbers to decimal.

2

3

=

(

2

3

)

⋅

(

100

100

)

=

200

300

=

0.67

3

5

=

(

3

5

)

⋅

(

2

2

)

=

6

10

=

0.6

The numbers are

0.65

,

0.67

,

0.60

,

0.50

as

0.50

=

0.5

,

0.60

=

0.6

Numbers in the ascending order

(

0.5

,

0.6

,

0.65

,

0.67

)

or

(

0.5

,

3

5

,

0.65

,

2

3

)