Comparing Decimals and Fractions

Definitions

100

What does this symbol mean?

<

Less than

200

What does this symbol mean?

>

Greater than

300

What does this symbol mean?

=

Equal

400

What does this symbol mean?

>

_

greater than or equal to

500

What does this symbol mean?

<

_

Less than or equal to

Whole Numbers & Decimals

100

Compare:

89 ___ 93

< 

(less than)

200

Compare: 

0.931 ____ 0.93

> (greater than)

300

True or False

200.70 > 202.70

False

400

Compare and Order least to greatest:

0.4

1.3

0.844

0.25

0.25, 0.4, 0.844, 1.3

500

Compare and order least to greatest:

0.4

0.76

0.821

0.1

0.1, 0.4, 0.76, 0.821

Fractions

100

Compare: 

3/4 ____ 1/4

> (greater than)

200

Compare: 

2/10 ____ 1/5

= (equal)

300

Compare. Show your work!

1/4 ____ 2/5

<

(less than)

400

Compare. Show your work!

5/8 ___ 2/3

15/24 < 16/24

500

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

Converting and Comparing

100

Convert 9/10 to a decimal.

0.9

200

Convert 0.831 to a fraction

831/1000

300

Convert 1.4 to a fraction

1 4/10 or 1 2/5

400

Convert then compare:

0.34 _____ 45/1000

>

500

Write the decimal equivalents for these fourths:

1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4

0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1

Misc

100

When comparing these two numbers, which place value do you compare once they are stacked?

99.37 > 99.34

hundredths

200

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

300

Which makes the comparison sentence true:

2339 > _____

a. 2340

b. 2339

c. 2338

C. 2338

400

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)

500

Draw a number line to plot this data:

1/4, 1, 3/4, 0.5, 0

_________________

0, 1/4, 0.5, 3/4, 1