Question

Arrange the following decimals in ascending order ?

$5.42,2.53,4.051,2.48,0.01,0.058$

Answer 1

Ascending order is the arrangement of numbers from the smallest number to the largest number .

Ascending order is also known as increasing order .

In the given decimals, we have four possible places

Ones, tenths, hundredths and thousandths

Decimals	Ones	Tenths	Hundredths	Thousandths
$5.42$	$5$	$4$	$2$	$0$
$2.53$	$2$	$5$	$3$	$0$
$4.051$	$4$	$0$	$5$	$1$
$2.48$	$2$	$4$	$8$	$0$
$0.01$	$0$	$0$	$1$	$0$
$0.058$	$0$	$0$	$5$	$8$

To arrange numbers in increasing order , we have to compare the place value of the numbers and then arrange them in increasing order.

Using Place value table, we get

$\Rightarrow 0.01<0.058<2.48<2.53<4.051<5.42$

Above shown arrangement of numbers is considered as ascending order .

Therefore, $0.01<0.058<2.48<2.53<4.051<5.42$ is the arrangement of given numbers in ascending order .