Putting positive and negative numbers in order

Difficulty Standard · Set gc01dy

Put each list in order, smallest first, and separate the values with commas.

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1
37, 39, -27, -39, -10
2
15, 13, 36, 7, 12
3
28, -12, -19, 10, 34
4
37, 12, -22, 5, 21
5
-1, 31, 18, 36, -15
6
-4, 4, -19, -38, 27
7
-18, 10, -2, -35, -25
8
13, -16, -7, 14, 25
9
10, -7, -40, 5, -37
10
-16, -23, 2, -3, -5
11
21, 25, 1, -2, -37
12
-38, 13, -18, -13, -17
13
22, -35, -25, -10, 27
14
-19, -23, -20, 34, 25
15
39, 18, -22, 12, 28
16
-8, -34, 28, 16, -33
17
30, 10, -38, -2, 15
18
25, -10, -22, -15, -38
19
37, -24, 2, -10, -40
20
-20, -21, 2, 29, -2

What is in this set

The numbers in this set run from 1 to 40.
Every problem in it will ask for a whole list in order rather than a single value.
A careful solution takes 5 written steps on average.
The mistake this set invites most often, in 93% of the problems: the minus signs were ignored and the sizes ordered; on a number line the negatives run the other way.
Answers are a short answer exactly as the problem asks for it.

Drawing 240 problems from this page produced 240 different ones, 100% — so a sheet of 20 is a new sheet almost every time.

The same skill, harder or easier

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