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How Do You Put Fractions and Decimals in Order?

Order the numbers from least to greatest.

Summary

  1. To convert from fractions to decimals we need to divide the numerator by the denominator for each fraction
  2. For division involving a negative number, you can ignore the negative sign until the result
  3. A bar above a series of numbers means that those numbers are repeating

Notes

    1. For division involving a negative number, you can ignore the negative sign until the result
    1. Divide the numerator, -11, by the denominator, 6, to get -1.8333333 repeating
    2. Divide 9 by 4 to get 2.25
    3. Divide -6 by 5 to get -1.2
    1. The number line has the numbers plotted least to greatest from left to right