Ordering Real Numbers

Warm UpTell whether the given statement is true or false. Explain your choice.

1. All whole numbers are rational numbers.2. No irrational numbers are whole numbers.

Identify the set of numbers that best describes each situation. Explain your choice.

3. The change in the value of an account when given to the nearest whole dollar.

4. The markings on a standard ruler.

• If is equal to , what do you know about x? Why?

• What are the closest two integers that is between?

Compare. Write <, >, or =.

Order the numbers from least to greatest. Then graph them on the number line.

If real numbers a, b, and c are in order from least to greatest, what is the order of their opposites from least to greatest? Explain.

Four people have found the distance in kilometers across a canyon using different

methods. Their results are given in the table. Order the distances from greatest to

least.

Four people have found distance in miles across a crater using different methods. Their results are given.

Jonathan: , Elaine: ,Jose: , Lashonda: .

Order the distances from greatest to least.