order the numbers smallest to largest (smallest on the left and farthest on the right)
|4|, √9, -3, |-5|, -3^2, 2^3
The numbers ordered from smallest to largest, from left to right, are:
-|-5|, -3^2, √9, -3, 2^3, |4|
|4|, √9, -3, |-5|, -3^2, 2^3
-|-5|, -3^2, √9, -3, 2^3, |4|