Comparing numbers and decimals · sheet 7 of 30
Answer key
The answer, and what a wrong answer means.
| # | Problem | Answer | If they wrote… |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 369 ○ 729 | < | no pattern to catch here |
| 2 | 0.88 ○ 0.37 | > | no pattern to catch here |
| 3 | 0.20 ○ 0.2 | = | < the shorter decimal is bigger> the longer decimal is bigger |
| 4 | 955 ○ 876 | > | < comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 5 | 895 ○ 885 | > | no pattern to catch here |
| 6 | 567 ○ 563 | > | no pattern to catch here |
| 7 | 0.50 ○ 0.20 | > | no pattern to catch here |
| 8 | 0.6 ○ 0.60 | = | < the longer decimal is bigger> the shorter decimal is bigger |
| 9 | 348 ○ 349 | < | no pattern to catch here |
| 10 | 841 ○ 561 | > | no pattern to catch here |
| 11 | 0.85 ○ 0.8 | > | < the shorter decimal is bigger |
| 12 | 229 ○ 579 | < | no pattern to catch here |
| 13 | 775 ○ 186 | > | < comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 14 | 0.59 ○ 0.3 | > | < the shorter decimal is bigger |
| 15 | 0.19 ○ 0.6 | < | > the longer decimal is bigger |
| 16 | 270 ○ 228 | > | < comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 17 | 274 ○ 148 | > | < comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 18 | 827 ○ 548 | > | < comparing numbers by the ones digit first |
| 19 | 0.32 ○ 0.6 | < | > the longer decimal is bigger |
| 20 | 593 ○ 566 | > | < 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.