Levers, Pulleys, and Ramps: Order of Ideas

Read about simple machines, then put its ideas in the order the passage gives them.

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Simple machines are tools that help us do work easier.

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Simple machines are tools that help us do work easier. They change the way we move things. There are six types: the lever, pulley, inclined plane, wheel and axle, screw, and wedge.

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For example, a pulley helps lift heavy objects, like a flag on a flagpole. When you pull down on one side of the rope, the flag goes up!

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Which of these ideas comes first in the passage?

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What comes right after this sentence: “Simple machines are tools that help us do work easier.”

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