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Ordering

Increasing order  small < big < bigger < biggest

Decreasing order  big > small > smaller > smallest

Example: 30, 35, 36, 42 are in increasing order.

67, 63, 45, 24 are in decreasing order.

16. Arrange the given numbers in increasing order.

(a) 19, 15, 31, 28 15 19 28 31

(b) 22, 45, 10, 56

(c) 73, 87, 62, 81

(d) 98, 60, 20, 35

(e) 80, 21, 95, 47

(f) 93, 90, 72, 40

17. Arrange the given numbers in decreasing order.

(a) 20, 23, 32, 19 32 23 20 19

(b) 42, 54, 37, 68

(c) 81, 79, 82, 61

(d) 35, 55, 45, 25

(e) 10, 30, 50, 80

(f) 99, 43, 87, 24

18. Write True or False.

(a) 68 > 56 > 23 > 20 True

(b) 92 < 91 < 90 < 87

(c) 76 < 80 < 85 < 90

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