Question

These four numbers are plotted on a number line: 1/4, 5/8, 3/4, 1/2Which is the correct ordering on the number line, from left to right(least to greatest)

Answer 1

we can represent the fractions like decimal to order them

$\begin{gathered} \frac{1}{4}=0.25 \\ \\ \frac{5}{8}=0.625 \\ \\ \frac{3}{4}=0.75 \\ \\ \frac{1}{2}=0.5 \end{gathered}$

now order least to greatest

$0.25<0.5<0.625<0.75$

and rewrite on fraction form

$\frac{1}{4}<\frac{1}{2}<\frac{5}{8}<\frac{3}{4}$

and plot on number line