{"id":139346,"date":"2024-09-17T08:16:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T08:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=139346"},"modified":"2024-09-17T08:16:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T08:16:23","slug":"which-of-the-following-options-correctly-orders-the-numbers-below-from-least-to-greatest-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/17\/which-of-the-following-options-correctly-orders-the-numbers-below-from-least-to-greatest-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the following options correctly orders the numbers below from least to greatest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which of the following options correctly orders the numbers below from least to greatest?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>235.971, 145.884, -271.906, -193.823<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A.<br>-271.906, -193.823, 145.884, 235.971<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B.<br>-271.971, 235.971, -193.823, 145.884<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C.<br>145.884, -193.823, 235.971, -271.906<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D.<br>-193.823, -271.906, 145.884, 235.971<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct answer is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A. -271.906, -193.823, 145.884, 235.971<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To order numbers from least to greatest, we need to understand their positions on the number line. The number line is a visual representation where numbers to the left are smaller and those to the right are larger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Negative Numbers:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Negative numbers are always less than positive numbers. Therefore, any negative number will come before positive numbers in an ordered list.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Between negative numbers, the more negative a number is, the smaller its value. For example, -271.906 is smaller than -193.823 because -271.906 is further to the left on the number line.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ordering Negative Numbers:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We start by ordering the negative numbers: -271.906 and -193.823.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Between these two, -271.906 is less than -193.823. Therefore, in our ordered list, -271.906 comes before -193.823.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ordering Positive Numbers:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Next, we compare the positive numbers: 145.884 and 235.971. Positive numbers are always greater than any negative numbers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Between these two, 145.884 is less than 235.971. Hence, 145.884 comes before 235.971 in the list.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Combining Results:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Combining our findings, the list should start with the smallest negative number, -271.906, followed by the next smallest negative number, -193.823.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then, we list the positive numbers starting with the smaller one, 145.884, and ending with the largest one, 235.971.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the correctly ordered list from least to greatest is: <strong>-271.906, -193.823, 145.884, 235.971<\/strong>. This matches option A.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following options correctly orders the numbers below from least to greatest? 235.971, 145.884, -271.906, -193.823 A.-271.906, -193.823, 145.884, 235.971 B.-271.971, 235.971, -193.823, 145.884 C.145.884, -193.823, 235.971, -271.906 D.-193.823, -271.906, 145.884, 235.971 The Correct Answer and Explanation is: The correct answer is: A. -271.906, -193.823, 145.884, 235.971 Explanation: To order numbers from least [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}