Comparing numbers and decimals · sheet 28 of 30
Answer key
The answer, and what a wrong answer means.
| # | Problem | Answer | If they wrote… |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 296 ○ 553 | < | > comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 2 | 0.65 ○ 0.76 | < | no pattern to catch here |
| 3 | 0.50 ○ 0.5 | = | < the shorter decimal is bigger> the longer decimal is bigger |
| 4 | 0.95 ○ 0.2 | > | < the shorter decimal is bigger |
| 5 | 708 ○ 888 | < | no pattern to catch here |
| 6 | 0.8 ○ 0.45 | > | < the longer decimal is bigger |
| 7 | 980 ○ 927 | > | < comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 8 | 932 ○ 732 | > | no pattern to catch here |
| 9 | 826 ○ 827 | < | no pattern to catch here |
| 10 | 842 ○ 860 | < | > comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 11 | 0.7 ○ 0.85 | < | > the shorter decimal is bigger |
| 12 | 0.6 ○ 0.60 | = | < the longer decimal is bigger> the shorter decimal is bigger |
| 13 | 0.56 ○ 0.6 | < | > the longer decimal is bigger |
| 14 | 722 ○ 183 | > | < comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 15 | 298 ○ 237 | > | no pattern to catch here |
| 16 | 568 ○ 109 | > | < comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 17 | 814 ○ 815 | < | no pattern to catch here |
| 18 | 266 ○ 906 | < | no pattern to catch here |
| 19 | 0.24 ○ 0.64 | < | no pattern to catch here |
| 20 | 319 ○ 562 | < | > comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
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.