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What is the order of the numbers from least to greatest?
ascending order
If the numbers are arranged from the least to the greatest, then it is called ascending order. In this form, the numbers are in increasing order. The first number should be lesser than the second number. If the numbers are arranged from the greatest to the least, then it is called descending order.
How do you compare 2 numbers in math?
To compare two numbers, follow these steps:
- Write the numbers in a place-value chart.
- Compare the digits starting with the greatest place value.
- If the digits are the same, compare the digits in the next place value to the right. Keep comparing digits with the same place value until you find digits that are different.
What is from least to greatest?
1. Least to greatest: Arranging the numbers from least to greatest means writing the numbers in an ordered list according to their values. The smallest number should be written on the left, with the next smallest number written to its immediate right.
What does it mean to compare 2 numbers?
In math, to compare means to examine the differences between numbers, quantities or values to decide if it is greater than, smaller than or equal to another quantity.
How do I find the greater of two numbers?
When comparing the values of two numbers, you can use a number line to determine which number is greater. The number on the right is always greater than the number on the left. In the example below, you can see that 14 is greater than 8 because 14 is to the right of 8 on the number line.
What happens when the signs of two numbers are the same?
When the signs of the two numbers are the same, the answer will be positive. When the signs of the two numbers are different, the answer will be negative. As a side issue, this goes some way to explaining why you cannot have the square root of a negative number (there is more about this in our page on Special Numbers and Concepts ).
Which is greater a two digit number 15 or 4?
If a whole number has more digits than another whole number then it is larger. 15 is greater than 4. This is because one-digit numbers are all smaller than 10 and all two digit numbers must contain at least one lot of 10. We can see that 15 is greater than 4 just by counting the digits in this number.
Do you get the same result when you multiply 3 times negative 2?
The order in which we multiply things shouldn’t change the product. Whether we multiply 2 times 3, we’ll get 6, or if we multiply 3 times 2, we’ll get 6. And so we should have the same property here. 3 times negative 2 should give us the same result.
Which is smaller, 2 or less than 49?
Because this digit is the same, we compare the next digit. ‘2’ is smaller than ‘9’ in the order of digits. Therefore 42 is less than 49. We can write this using the ‘less than’ symbol: ‘<‘. The less than symbol ‘<‘ points at the smaller number of 42. Compare the digits in each place value column from left to right.