Learning objective

Arrange values in ascending or descending order and show understanding of the symbols for equality, inequality, greater than, less than, greater than or equal to, and less than or equal to.

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Cambridge IGCSE MathematicsCore Number

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This point belongs to Ordering, especially Ordering outcomes.
You need to be able to arrange values in ascending or descending order and show understanding of the symbols for equality, inequality, greater than, less than, greater than or equal to, and less than or equal to.
The key ideas to know are State, Show, and Describe.
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StateShowDescribe

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Paper 2Core or Extended Mathematics1 marks

Description

Arrange the following numbers in ascending order: 7, 4, 9, 1, 5.

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Calculate List the numbers in ascending order.
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