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John was asked to place the numbers shown below in order from greatest to least. 0.2 , -0.3, 1.6, 120%, -2%, 3.8, --33, 3.14 After ordering the numbers from greatest to least, what number would John have in the 3rd position?

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Let's begin by listing out the information given to us:

0.2, -0.3, 1.6%, 120%, -2%, 3.8, -33, 3.14

In sorting the numbers from the greatest to the least, we must bear the following in mind:

I. Any number having a negative parenthesis is lower than zero

II. % means 100; any number having % means the real value of the number is multiplied by 100

0.2 = 0.2

-0.3 = -0.3

1.6% = 1.6 * 100 = 160

120% = 120 * 100 = 12000

-2% = -2 * 100 = -200

3.8 = 3.8

-33 = -33

3.14 = 3.14

Rearranging from the greatest to the least, we have it thus:

120%, 1.6%, 3.8, 3.14, 0.2, -0.3, -33, -200

The number in the third position is 3.8

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