It is somewhat like this as a trend:
Metal ions get smaller as you go to the right on the periodic table, and non-metals get larger.
Now, those are trends. In this case, look at the actual sizes.
http://www.chemguide.co.uk/atoms/properties/atradius.html
For each of the following sets of atoms and ions, arrange the members in order of increasing size.
Mg2+ F- and Na+
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