Ordering and coverting from fractions: Decimals

Algebra Level 1

Order these decimals and fractions. Your answer should be the largest one followed by the smallest one.

$\dfrac{3}{4}$

$.83$

$\dfrac{86}{100}$

$.79$

PS. The numbers aren't in order for biggest and smallest

.83 and 3/4 .79 and 86/100 3/4 and .79 86/100 and 3/4

2 solutions

Hung Woei Neoh
May 17, 2016

$\dfrac{3}{4} = 0.75\\ 0.83\\ \dfrac{86}{100} = 0.86\\ 0.79$

Arrange them in descending order:

$0.86,\;0.83.\;0.79.\;0.75$

We want the largest and smallest number. They are:

$0.86$ and $0.75$ or

$\boxed{\dfrac{86}{100} \text{ and } \dfrac{3}{4}}$

Jackson.A.Roberts 2020
May 17, 2016

Ordering them is easy, just convert then all into hundredths.

its that simple

Pramit Inamdar - 3 years, 10 months ago