SOLUTION: Rational numbers - which is the greatest number? -2.3, -3.2, -8/3, -5/4

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Question 1078443: Rational numbers - which is the greatest number? -2.3, -3.2, -8/3, -5/4
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

, , ,
as decimal
, , ,
in order from least to greatest: ,,,
so, or is the greatest because greater is the one closer to the zero (all other given numbers are further left from zero)

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