5/8 - (-2/8)A. -3/8B. -7/8C. 3/8D. 7/8
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You have two choices: the easiest is to turn every fraction to its numerical equivalent:
Now, remember that negative numbers are ordered in the opposite way with respect to positive numbers (for example, 4 is larger than 2, but -4 is smaller than -2). So, the order is
Alternatively, you can convert all the fractions so that they have the same denominator. In this case, you will need the least common multiple of 10, 7, 4, 5 and 3, which is 420. Once you do so, you can easily order the fractions using numerators only.