Examples

In each of these lists of numbers, the numbers are arranged in ascending order:

• 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 3, 5, 7, 9, 9, 12, 15, 15, 23, 45 30, 40, 60, 90, 120, 200 –12, -8, –3, 0, 3, 7, 11, 23

Example

Consider these statistical results: 13, 10, 5, 19, 22, 17, 30, 22, 25. By arranging them in ascending order, we get: 5, 10, 13, 17, 19, 22, 22, 25, 30.