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Can u help I am terrible at ordering numbers

Can u help I am terrible at ordering numbers-example-1
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OK so it's telling us to order it from least to greatest, WHICH MEEAANNS we start with the lowest possible number listed. ( I'm gonna turn the fractions into decimals just to make this easier. )

SO, we have:

-1.8 -- 1 -- 1.4 -- 1.9 -- -1.25

Ofc first we start with the negative numbers.

-1.8 and -1.25

( We're just gonna add an extra zero to 1.8 so we can see which is less )

SO, which is less -1.80 or -1.25

NOW REMEMBER negative numbers are different from positive, they get ranked in the opposite way. WHICH MEANS -1.80 is LESS than -1.25 BECAUSE -1.80 is farther from 0 than -1.25 is. Next is the positive numbers:

1 -- 1.4 -- 1.9

Now, this is the easy part. 1 is the least out of the positive numbers listed, then 1.4 then 1.9! Which makes the order:

-1.8 ---- -1.25 ---- 1 ---- 1 2/5 ---- 1 9/10
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