document.write( "Question 932002: arrange in order from smallest to largest: 3.25, 29/8, 3.52, 31/9 \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "3.25, 29/8, 3.52, 31/9\r\n" );
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document.write( "We divide out the fractions to make them into decimals:\r\n" );
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document.write( "          3.625               3.444  \r\n" );
document.write( "29/8 = 8)29.000     31/9 = 9)31.000\r\n" );
document.write( "         24                  27\r\n" );
document.write( "          5 0                 4 0\r\n" );
document.write( "          4 8                 3 6\r\n" );
document.write( "            20                  40\r\n" );
document.write( "            16                  36 \r\n" );
document.write( "             40                  40\r\n" );
document.write( "             40                  36\r\n" );
document.write( "              0                   4\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then we annex a 0 on the ends of 3.25 and 3.52 making them \r\n" );
document.write( "3.250 and 3.520\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then we have 5 decimals taken to the same number of decimal \r\n" );
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document.write( "3.250, 3.625, 3.520, 3.444\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now it's easy to tell now how to arrange them smallest to largest.\r\n" );
document.write( "Just compare the decimal parts\r\n" );
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document.write( "3.250, 3.444, 3.520, 3.625\r\n" );
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document.write( "or as they were originally:\r\n" );
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document.write( "3.25, 31/9, 3.52, 29/8\r\n" );
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