SOLUTION: How can you use a number line to order -2, 4/5, 1/3

Question 991435: How can you use a number line to order -2, 4/5, 1/3
Found 2 solutions by CubeyThePenguin, josgarithmetic:
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
On a number line, numbers farther to the right are greater than those on the left.

-2 < 1/3 < 4/5.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39627) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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How can you use a number line to order -2, 4/5, 1/3
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HOW? Look at your given numbers. Positive and Negative rational numbers. Negative numbers go to the left of the 0 and positive numbers go to the right of 0. You know where the goes so no problem there. To find where the two fractions fit, you see they are less than 1 and greater than 0. Put them in place according to lowest common denominator, which is 15.

Now just put them in the correct positions.
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