Definitions
What does this symbol mean?
<
Less than
Compare:
89 ___ 93
<
(less than)
Compare:
3/4 ____ 1/4
> (greater than)
Convert 9/10 to a decimal.
0.9
When comparing these two numbers, which place value do you compare once they are stacked?
99.37 > 99.34
hundredths
What does this symbol mean?
>
Greater than
Compare:
0.931 ____ 0.93
> (greater than)
2/10 ____ 1/5
= (equal)
Convert 0.831 to a fraction
831/1000
Given a box split in 100 pieces with 45 shaded, which would represent the shaded amount?
a. 45/100
b. 100/45
c. 4.5
d. 0.45
A, D
What does this symbol mean?
=
Equal
True or False
200.70 > 202.70
False
Compare. Show your work!
1/4 ____ 2/5
<
(less than)
Convert 1.4 to a fraction
1 4/10 or 1 2/5
Which makes the comparison sentence true:
2339 > _____
a. 2340
b. 2339
c. 2338
C. 2338
When comparing decimals, you can use this strategy to line up the place values and compare
Stacking
Compare and Order least to greatest:
0.4
1.3
0.844
0.25
0.25, 0.4, 0.844, 1.3
Compare. Show your work!
5/8 ___ 2/3
15/24 < 16/24
Convert then compare:
0.34 _____ 45/1000
>
A red sucker is 3/10 inch across. A green sucker is 0.25 inch across, and a blue sucker is 0.6 inch across.
List the gumballs in order from greatest to least.
0.25, 3/10, 0.6
(green, red, blue)
This is the word we use when we change either decimals to fractions or fractions to decimals
Convert
Compare and order least to greatest:
0.4
0.76
0.821
0.1
0.1, 0.4, 0.76, 0.821
Compare and order least to greatest.
1/4, 7/10, 0.5
0.25, 0.5, 0.7
OR
1/4, 0.5, 7/10
Write the decimal equivalents for these fourths:
1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4
0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1
Draw a number line to plot this data:
1/4, 1, 3/4, 0.5, 0
_________________
0, 1/4, 0.5, 3/4, 1