Question

The scores at the end of a game are shown.List the scores in order from greatest to least.Scores:Vince:-0.5, Allison: 3/8, Mariah:-7/20

Answer 1

To arrange the numbers from greatest to least, let us begin by changing all the numbers to decimals.

Vince's Score: -0.5

Allison's Score: 0.375

By long division, we can convert the fraction to a decimal:

Mariah's Score: -0.35

By long division, we have:

Given that we have calculated the scores in decimal, we can clearly see the bigger and smaller numbers.

The order from biggest to smallest is:

Allison: 3/8, Mariah: -7/20, Vince: -0.5