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19 May, 09:17

George placed the numbers - 1/2, 8/9, 0.2 and on the numberline. Which of the numbers is furthest from zero?

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  1. 19 May, 12:11
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    Furthest from 0, so I am going to take the absolute value of these numbers. The absolute value will tell us how far away from 0 these numbers are.

    |-1/2| = | - 0.5| = 0.5

    |8/9| = |0.88| = 0.88

    |0.2| = 0.2

    so the number furthest from 0 is 8/9
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