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Problem of the Week
Problem B
Let’s Get These Numbers in Order

  1. List the following twelve numbers from least to greatest value.

    \(2.04\),  \(1.02\),  \(\frac{85}{100}\),  \(\frac{175}{100}\),  \(\frac{7}{4}\),  \(1\frac{1}{8}\),  \(0.91\),  \(\frac{46}{20}\),  \(0.091\),  \(\frac{14}{25}\),  \(\frac{3}{5}\),  \(1.1\)

    Plot these numbers on a number line.

  2. Determine the largest gap in between two adjacent numbers on the number line.

  3. For your list in part (a), determine a number between the two numbers in the middle of the list, with your number being closer to the larger of the two.

Theme: Number Sense