Comparing Decimals up to the Thousandths Place

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GR. 4-5

Skill:

Read, write, and compare numbers with decimal place values to the thousandths place or numbers greater than one million.

Comparing Decimals up to the Thousandths Place

Compare decimals by examining each pair of digits in decreasing place values.

Putting It All Together

Answer these open ended questions on your own or with others to form deeper math connections.

Open-ended question 1

What makes a comparison sign switch from to or vice versa?

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Open-ended question 2

How can you use place value to compare decimals?

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Open-ended question 3

Why does a 0 sometimes appear at the far right of a decimal number?

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