Question

Arrange the following in order from least to greatest: ⅛, 0.75, ¼, 2/6, 0.5

Answer 1

The order from least to greatest is
`(1)/(8), (1)/(4), (2)/(6) , 0.5, 0.75`

Solution:

Given, set of numbers are
`(1)/(8), 0.75, (1)/(4), 0.5`

We have to arrange them, in a order such that least to greatest, i.e. ascending order.

Now, as the given numbers are in different forms, let us convert all of them into decimal form for easy comparison.

`\text { So } (1)/(8), 0.75,(1)/(4), (2)/(6), 0.5`

`\begin{array}{l}{(1)/(8) \rightarrow 0.125} \\\\ {0.75 \rightarrow 0.75} \\\\ {(1)/(4) \rightarrow 0.25} \\\\ {(2)/(6) \rightarrow (1)/(3) \rightarrow 0.334} \\\\ {0.5 \rightarrow 0.5}\end{array}`

Then, ascending order will be 0.125, 0.25, 0.334, 0.5, 0.75

`\text { Which means order will be } (1)/(8), (1)/(4), (2)/(6), 0.5,0.75`

Hence, the ascending order is
`(1)/(8), (1)/(4), (2)/(6), 0.5,0.75`