Question

Tell what whole number you can substitute for x in the following list so the numbers are ordered from least to greatest. 2/x ,x/6, 70%

Answer 1

6+2=8

8/2=4

Answer 4

2/4 =0.5 4/6=0.666 7/10=0.7

Answer 2

Remark
Whole numbers are > 0.
Your choices are 1 2 3 4 5.
6 looks good but it won't work. The problem is that x / 6 = 1 if x = 6. Try it and see.

6/6 = 1
70% = 70/100 = 0.70 So whatever you use for x must give a result less than 0.7

So will five work? 5 / 6 = 0.8333. That's still too big. How about 4

4/6 = 2/3 = 0.666666667
That would work but does it work for 2/x

Yes it does
2/4 = 1/2 which is less than 2/3
Note than 3 will not work (why) nor will 2.

x = 4 <<<<< answer