Comparing and Ordering Numbers

2 345__2 345

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22__33

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113 011__123 334

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111 111__11 111

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Arrange these numbers in ascending order: (123, 111 124 132)

• 111, 123, 124, 132

• 123, 111 124 132

• 111, 132, 123, 124

• 124, 111, 123, 124

39,747,267__39,747,267

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When we round off 123 567 to the nearest hundreds, what happens to digit 5?

• 5 will remain.

• 5 becomes 6.

• It becomes 0.

• Nothing will happen.

Muiling Educational Institute conducted a survey of students from different schools. The students were asked to choose one subject that they consider the easiest. The following are the results:

Math: 16 240

English: 20 201

Science: 19 402

Filipino: 20 924

Social Studies: 18 019

Which subject did most of the students think is the easiest?

• English

• Science

• Filipino

• Math

Answer explanation

Arrange the values from greatest to least.

Filipino: 20 924

English: 20 201

Science: 19 402

Social Studies: 18 019

Math: 16 240

The subject that most of the students think was the easiest is the subject with the highest number of students who chose it.

Thus, it is Filipino.

Is this the correct way of arranging numbers from greatest to least?

112, 123, 123, 123, 124, 123

• No.

• Yes.

Answer explanation

112, 123, 123, 123, 124, 123

These numbers are arranged in increasing order.

How to arrange these numbers in decreasing order?

123,000 120, 000 141, 000, 130 000

• 141, 000, 130, 000, 123, 000, 120, 000

• 141, 000 120, 000, 130, 000, 123, 000

• 120, 000, 123, 000

  130, 000, 141, 000

• 123, 123,000 120, 000 141, 000, 130 000