Question

Four people are painting a house. Zachary paints 1/5 of the house, Alyssa paints 33% of the house, Chloe paints 0.3 of the house, and Nicholas paints 0.17 of the house. Which choice lists the people in order from least to greatest by the amount of the house each painted?

Answer 1

Nicholas Zachery Chloe Alyssa

Answer 2

Nicholas, Zachary, Chloe, Alyssa.

Explanation:

Given that Four people are painting a house. Zachary paints 1/5 of the house, Alyssa paints 33% of the house, Chloe paints 0.3 of the house, and Nicholas paints 0.17 of the house.

As such we cannot compare their works to order from least to greatest

Hence we can convert each portion into a decimal thus enabling comparison easier.

Zachary paints
`(1)/(5) =0.20` of the house

Alyssa paints
`33%=(33)/(100) =0.33` of the house

Chloe paints 0.3 of the house and

Nicholas paints 0.17 of the house.

In ascending order these can be written as

0.17, 0.2, 0.3, 0.33

Hence Nicholas, Zachary, Chloe, Alyssa.