Putting positive and negative numbers in order

Difficulty Stretch · Set wkk350

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

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1
199, 190, -183, 44, -62, 118
2
24, -88, 3, 167, -21, 39
3
192, 108, 196, 110, -42, 81
4
139, -15, 94, 81, -67, 41
5
-97, -65, 71, -126, 110, 11
6
92, 52, -115, 14, 138, -194
7
-120, 166, 57, 54, -184, -36
8
65, -94, 186, 58, 129, 189
9
112, -183, -137, 146, -189, 164
10
59, -183, -125, -31, 131, -195
11
131, -190, 158, 45, -150, -77
12
-101, 134, 161, -192, 42, 135
13
-193, 92, -86, -105, 191, 46
14
170, 98, 151, -154, 195, 157
15
115, -100, -185, 146, -120, 103
16
187, 29, -139, 169, -137, 98
17
-183, -7, -58, 131, -37, -80
18
-99, 3, 199, 139, -142, -163
19
37, -155, 154, -84, -56, 74
20
-123, -114, -171, 23, -146, -62

What is in this set

The numbers in this set run from 1 to 200.
Every problem in it will ask for a whole list in order rather than a single value.
A careful solution takes 6 written steps on average.
The mistake this set invites most often, in 96% 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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