Question

A toolbox contains a pile of mixed up pile of wrenches. The wrenches are all labeled with the dimension of their openings in fractions of an inch.the measurements of the wrenches are 1/2 3/4 3/8 5/8 5/16 7/16 and 11/16 inches
1. You want to put the wrenches is order from smallest to largest opening just using the labeled fraction measurement.


a. Give two different methods you can use to put the fractions in order.


B. Choose a method from part 1a and show your conversions below

C. List the fraction in order from least to greatest.



2.plot the sizes of the wrenches on the number line below (in the picture) label each point with a wrench measurement


3. Explain how the number line can be used to support your answer form part 1c.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

1.

     a)Two different methods for ordering these wrenches are either
     converting the measurements into decimal or converting them into
     fractions. 

     b) I chose to convert them into fractions with an LCD of 16. The fractions
     are: 8/16, 12/16, 6/16, 10/16, 5/16, 7/16, 11/16

     c) The ordered form of the fractions, from least to greatest, is 5/16, 3/8,
     7/16, 1/2, 5/8, 11/16, 3/4

2. I don't see how I can put them on a number line. 

3. The number line can definitely be used to support the answer from part C (if it is done correctly). That is because if the order on the number line is the same as the order in C, then we know that C is correct. In addition, since the number line includes benchmarks, we can easily see if the answer to C is incorrect.