Q:

Four people are painting a house. Max paints 18 of the house, Shen paints 14%, Jake paints 0.12, and Todd paints 0.2. Which choice lists the people in order from least to greatest by the amount each one paints the house?

Accepted Solution

A:
the correct question is
Four people are painting a house. Max paints 1/8 of the house, Shen paints 14%, Jake paints 0.12, and Todd paints 0.2. Which choice lists the people in order from least to greatest by the amount each one paints the house?

step 1
convert their contribution to percents 

Max paints 1/8------> 0.125-------> 12.5%
Shen paints 14%
Jake paints 0.12-------> 12%
Todd paints 0.2--------> 20%

step 2
List of least to greatest by the amount each one painted the house:

Jake, Max, Shen, Todd.


the answer is
[Jake, Max, Shen, Todd]