Comparing numbers and decimals · sheet 12 of 30
Answer key
The answer, and what a wrong answer means.
| # | Problem | Answer | If they wrote… |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 942 ○ 188 | > | < comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 2 | 879 ○ 861 | > | no pattern to catch here |
| 3 | 880 ○ 851 | > | < comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 4 | 404 ○ 992 | < | > comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 5 | 955 ○ 345 | > | no pattern to catch here |
| 6 | 438 ○ 856 | < | > comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 7 | 0.33 ○ 0.67 | < | no pattern to catch here |
| 8 | 673 ○ 109 | > | < comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 9 | 0.7 ○ 0.27 | > | < the longer decimal is bigger |
| 10 | 0.18 ○ 0.5 | < | > the longer decimal is bigger |
| 11 | 562 ○ 527 | > | < comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 12 | 0.30 ○ 0.3 | = | < the shorter decimal is bigger> the longer decimal is bigger |
| 13 | 0.98 ○ 0.6 | > | < the shorter decimal is bigger |
| 14 | 0.84 ○ 0.32 | > | no pattern to catch here |
| 15 | 936 ○ 496 | > | no pattern to catch here |
| 16 | 0.8 ○ 0.80 | = | < the longer decimal is bigger> the shorter decimal is bigger |
| 17 | 0.83 ○ 0.3 | > | < the shorter decimal is bigger |
| 18 | 585 ○ 587 | < | no pattern to catch here |
| 19 | 367 ○ 368 | < | no pattern to catch here |
| 20 | 291 ○ 501 | < | no pattern to catch here |
Reading the wrong answers
One wrong answer is a slip. The same pattern on three or more problems is a rule your child is following, and it has a name and a fix. Problems marked "no pattern to catch" are the plain ones; a child who gets only those right is telling you something too.