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

When comparing decimals, you can use this strategy to line up the place values and compare

Stacking

500

This is the word we use when we change either decimals to fractions or fractions to decimals

Convert

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