Comparing decimal Fractions

Monday August 18, 2014

Goal

Today I will compare decimal fractions to the thousandths using like units and I will express these comparisons with >, <, =.

Find the Midpoint

What number is half way between 0 and 10

0 10

How many tenths are in the number 1

What number is half way between 0 and

1?

Half way between 0 and .1

Half way between 0 and .001

Half way between .1 and .2

100 cm = ____m

200cm= _____m

750 cm= ____m ___cm

450 cm= ____m ____cm

630 cm= ____m ____cm

925 cm = ____m _____cm

How would I read 34.652?

Write the number 34.652 in expanded

form

Write the number 34.652 in Unit form

Word Problem of the Day

Ms. Meyer measured the edge of her dining table to the thousandths of a meter. The edge of the table measured 32.15 meters. Write her measurement in word form, unit form and in expanded form using fractions and decimals.

Compare 13,196 and 13,296

Which number is larger?

How can you tell?

.012 and .002

299/1000 and 3/10

15.203 and 15.21

Order from least to greatest

.413

.056

.164

.531

Order from least to greatest

27.005

29.04

27.019

29.5

119.177

119.173

119.078

Problem Set

Please work on numbers

125

Strategies used

How did you solve these problems?

How did you know your answer was right?

Exit ticket On a plain sheet of paper:

Show the numbers on the place value chart using digits. Use <,>, or= to compare. Explain your thinking to the right.

167.4 _______ 167.462

32.725 _______ 32.735

Arrange in descending order (greatest to smallest)

76.342 76.332 76.232 76.343