SOLUTION: How do you order fractions least to greatest when two of the fractions are negative and one is positive?

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Question 223972: How do you order fractions least to greatest when two of the fractions are negative and one is positive?
Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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use the number line
the larger the negative number the further to the left it goes
positive goes to the right
-2 1/2, -1, +2
in that kind of order