Change Citation Numbering to Consecutive Numbers in LaTeX Bibliography

Question

How can I change the appearance of the \cite{} command in my LaTeX document so that the citations appear as consecutive numbers (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) instead of the default numbering? Currently, my citations are appearing as 7, 4, 5, etc., which is not the desired format. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

\documentclass{article}
\bibliographystyle{unsrtnat}
\begin{document}
According to \cite{7}, \cite{6}, \cite{3}, \cite{1}, \cite{2}
\bigskip
    \begin{thebibliography}{9}
        \bibitem{1} Educ 1
        \bibitem{2} Educ 2 
        \bibitem{3} Educ 3
        \bibitem{4} Educ 4
        \bibitem{5} Educ 5
        \bibitem{6} Educ 6 
        \bibitem{7} Educ 7 
    \end{thebibliography}
\end{document}

which produces :

but i desired this style if possible:

Answer 1

You could use the cite package to sort consecutive citations:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[sort,nocompress]{cite}
\begin{document}
According to \cite{7,6,3,1,2}
\bigskip
    \begin{thebibliography}{9}
        \bibitem{1} Educ 1
        \bibitem{2} Educ 2 
        \bibitem{3} Educ 3
        \bibitem{4} Educ 4
        \bibitem{5} Educ 5
        \bibitem{6} Educ 6 
        \bibitem{7} Educ 7 
    \end{thebibliography}
\end{document}