document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=97799>Question 97799</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Order from least to greatest.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4/11, 35%, 0.3666666666666 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "4/11, 35%, 0.3666666666666<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To arrange these in descending order from greatest to least, start by converting them all<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to decimals.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First divide 4 by 11 to find the decimal equivalent of 4/11.  When you do that division you<BR>\n" );
document.write( "get an answer of 0.36363636 ...<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Next, 35% is equivalent to 35/100 = 0.35<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Finally, the third number you were given was already in the decimal form 0.366666666666 ...<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "By comparison you can see that the third number you were given is the largest because the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "third position to the right of the decimal point is a 6. It is, therefore, bigger than<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the decimal 0.363636363 in which the first and second positions (3 and 6) to the right of the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "decimal are the same but whose third position to the right of the decimal is 3, therefore <BR>\n" );
document.write( "making this number smaller than 0.3666666666666 .... And since 0.36363636 ... is 4/11, you<BR>\n" );
document.write( "know that 4/11 is smaller than 0.3666666666 ... which you were given.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Finally, 35% is 0.35 and this is obviously smaller than either of the other two numbers because<BR>\n" );
document.write( "their decimal forms begin with 0.36 .... and 0.35 is smaller than 0.36.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In fact, even if it were 36% it would be the smallest because in its third decimal <BR>\n" );
document.write( "position there is a zero ... you could say that 36% equals 36/100 which also equals<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.360000. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, from largest to smallest the answer is 0.36666666666 ...., 4/11, and 35%.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand the problem and gives you some thoughts on how it can be<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solved.<BR>\n" );
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