Decimals
Equivalencies
Adding tenths and hundredths
Comparisons
100

Write sixteen hundredths in decimal form.

.16

100

Rewrite the following decimals as fractions.

0.6        0.25

6/10        25/100

100

Add 3/10 + 62/100.

65/100

100

Write a number sentence comparing six-tenths and ten-hundredths.

6/10 > 10/100

200

If Carmyah has 8 dimes, what is the total amount of money she has written in decimal form?

.8

200

What is the equivalent decimal for 7/10?

a. 7.10

b. 0.710

c. 0.70

d. 0.07

C

200

Janelle was making bracelets and wrote the lengths in feet of the four strings in decimal form below.

0.3    0.5    0.74    0.24

How many feet of string does Janelle have altogether, written in fraction form?

1  78/100

200

Charlotte says that 0.08 > 0.6 because 8 > 5.  Do you agree or disagree?  Make sure to draw a visual model to compare the two numbers.

I disagree because 8 hundredths is less than 6 tenths or 60 hundredths. (Check student model)

300

What is the correct order of the following numbers from least to greatest?

1.05    1.14    1 6/10    1 12/100

1.05   1 12/100   1.14   1 6/10

300

Using the equation below, which of the following answers is an equivalent fraction?

2/10 = _____

a. 1/2

b. 20/10

c. 2/100

d. 20/100

D

300

Olivia has 5 dimes and 17 pennies.  The total amount of money Olivia has, in dollars can be found by solving 5/10 + 17/100.  Write a fraction that is equal to the total amount of money Olivia has, in dollars.

67/100

300

Complete the blank in the number sentence to make it TRUE.

2._9 < 2  26/100

Answers may vary.

2.19   2.09

400

Which decimal is the least?

a. 0.7

b. 0.07

c. 0.10

d. 0.17

B

400

Leon ate five-tenths of a pie.  What fraction of the pie was LEFT? Write your answer as a fraction and decimal equivalent.

_____ = _____

5/10 = .5

400

Use the expression below to answer the following question.

6/10 + 8/100

The expression given is the expanded form for which fraction?

a. 14/10

b. 68/10

c. 14/100

d. 68/100

D

400

Plot .25 and .2 on a numberline. Then write a comparison using >,<, or = to compare the two numbers.

Check student's numberlines.

.25 > .2

500

Order the following numbers from greatest of least.

28.04  28.5  28.41  28.40

28.04   28.40   28.41   28.5   

500

Write the fraction and decimal for fifty-four hundredths. 


_____ = _____

54/100=.54

500

Amelia completed the computation of 3/10 + 62/100. Amelia's computation gave her an incorrect sum of 65/110.  Explain what Amelia did incorrectly to this solution.

Amelia forgot to find the equivalent fraction in hundredths for 3/10, so that she could add the fractions.  She also added the denominators together and the denominator should stay the same.

500

Joseph had two pieces of tape.  One piece of tape was 4.7 meters long.  The other piece was 4  7/100 meters long.  Write a number sentence that compares these lengths using, >,<,+.  Explain why your number sentence is correct.

4.7 > 4.07

My number sentence is correct because if you find the equivalent fraction for 4.7 using hundredths you get 4 70/100.  When you compare 4 70/100 and 4 7/100, I know that 70/100 is bigger than 7/100, so that is what makes the number sentence correct.