Place the following in increasing order: 3/5 70% 0.8 11/20 65% 0.09. How would you explain your process to someone else?

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20 April, 21:39

Place the following in increasing order: 3/5 70% 0.8 11/20 65% 0.09. How would you explain your process to someone else?

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Carlo Blankenship · Answer 1

I converted all to decimal

x%=x/100

so

3/5=6/10=0.60

70%=70/100=7/10=0.70

0.8=0.80

11/20=5.5/10=0.55

65%=65/100=6.5/10=0.65

0.09=0.09

so increasing

smallest to largest

0.09, 0.55, 0.60, 0.65, 0.70, 0.80

or

0.09, 11/20, 3/5, 65%, 70%, 0.8