Ordering Numbers

Sam is buying some candy. The table above shows the amounts of each type of candy.

Which of the following list is in order from the greatest amount to the least amount?

• Caramels, Fudge, Peppermint Patties, Peanut Clusters

• Caramels, Peppermint Patties, Fudge, Peanut Clusters

• Fudge, Caramels, Peanut Clusters, Peppermint Patties

• Fudge, Peppermint Patties, Caramels, Peanut Clusters

List the following numbers in ascending order (remember, ascending means least to greatest):

-½, -2.8, 2½, 0, -0.05

(Draw a number line on a scratch sheet of paper to help you locate and order the numbers.)

• -2.8, -½, -0.05, 0, 2½

• 2½, 0, -0.05, -½, -2.8

• -0.05, -½, -2.8, 0, 2½

• 0, 0.05, -½, 2½, -2.8

Which of the following shows the amounts in order from least to greatest?

• Day 1, 4, 3, 2

• Day 2, 3, 4, 1

• Day 1, 2, 3, 4

• Day 2, 3, 1, 4

For a stock market project, five students each invested pretend money in one stock. They tracked gains and losses in the value of that stock for a week. In the table above, a gain is represented by a positive number and a loss by a negative number.
Which of the following lists the gains and losses from least to greatest?

• -5, -2, 2, 4, 7

• 7, 4, 2, -2, -5

• -2, 2, 4, -5, 7

• 2, -2, 4, -5, 7

The winning times for the Olympic Marathon from 1984 until 2000 are shown above in the table.

Which one shows the winning time by country in order from least to greatest?

• Portugal, Italy, Ethiopia, South Africa, South Korea

• Italy, South Africa, Portugal, Ethiopia, South Korea

• Italy, Ethiopia, Portugal, South Korea, South Africa

• Portugal, Ethiopia, Italy, South Africa, South Korea

Marie plans to use the above list of ingredients to bake a loaf of bread.

Which of the answers below organizes the ingredients from greatest to least amount needed?

• ¼, ⅔, ½, 5½

• 5½, ½, ⅔, ¼

• 5½, ⅔, ½, ¼

• 5½, ¼, ⅔, ½

Which answer choice correctly lists the following numbers in order from greatest to least:

-3, 5.25, 16, ⅓, -10

[Hint:  Draw a number line on a scratch sheet of paper to locate and order the numbers.]

• 16, -10, 5.25, -3, ⅓

• ⅓, -3, 5.25, -10, 16

• -10, -3, ⅓, 5.25, 16

• 16, 5.25, ⅓, -3, -10

The table above shows the difference between the actual amounts of rainfall, in inches, that a city received over four weeks and the average amount that is usually received during those weeks.

Which of the following shows the weeks in order of the differences from greatest to least?

• 3, 1, 4, 2

• 2, 4, 3, 1

• 1, 3, 4, 2

• 2, 4, 1, 3

Order from least to greatest:
[-8, 7, -6, 5, -4, 3, -2]

• ^{-2, 3, -4, 5, -6, 7, -8}

• ^{-2, -4, -6, -8, 3, 5, 7}

• ^{-6, -8, -4, -2, 7, 5, 3}

• ^{-8, -6, -4, -2, 3, 5, 7}

List in order from greatest to least
12, -9, -6, 10

• 12, 9, 6, 10

• -6, -9, 10, 12

• 5, 4, 3, 21

• 12, 10, -6, -9