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HTML

<p>
    … a problem set involving 

    <span class="list">
<span class="list-item">converting between numbers between 0 and 1 in scientific notation and standard decimal form</span>
    
<span class="list-item">counting place values of numbers greater than 0</span>
    
<span class="list-item">comparing positive and negative numbers with magnitude less than 1, and</span>
    
<span class="list-item">adding and subtracting numbers in scientific notation</span>
        
    </span>
    
            See the attached …
</p>

CSS

.list {
    counter-reset:mycounter 0;
}
.list-item {
    display: list-item;  
    list-style: inside none;
    margin: 1em;
}

.list-item:before {
    content: "(" counter(mycounter, lower-alpha) ") ";
    counter-increment: mycounter;
}