Comparing numbers and decimals · sheet 5 of 30
Answer key
The answer, and what a wrong answer means.
| # | Problem | Answer | If they wrote… |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 870 ○ 500 | > | no pattern to catch here |
| 2 | 592 ○ 578 | > | < comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 3 | 194 ○ 222 | < | > comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 4 | 928 ○ 929 | < | no pattern to catch here |
| 5 | 185 ○ 174 | > | no pattern to catch here |
| 6 | 599 ○ 585 | > | no pattern to catch here |
| 7 | 0.4 ○ 0.40 | = | < the longer decimal is bigger> the shorter decimal is bigger |
| 8 | 638 ○ 639 | < | no pattern to catch here |
| 9 | 883 ○ 693 | > | no pattern to catch here |
| 10 | 0.3 ○ 0.26 | > | < the longer decimal is bigger |
| 11 | 0.85 ○ 0.57 | > | no pattern to catch here |
| 12 | 0.89 ○ 0.55 | > | no pattern to catch here |
| 13 | 405 ○ 236 | > | < comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 14 | 0.81 ○ 0.1 | > | < the shorter decimal is bigger |
| 15 | 0.24 ○ 0.5 | < | > the longer decimal is bigger |
| 16 | 0.2 ○ 0.20 | = | < the longer decimal is bigger> the shorter decimal is bigger |
| 17 | 0.84 ○ 0.3 | > | < the shorter decimal is bigger |
| 18 | 946 ○ 819 | > | < comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 19 | 197 ○ 234 | < | > comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 20 | 920 ○ 280 | > | 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.