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2 tenths is the same amount as 20 hundredths Remember that tenths can be written as an equivalent amount of hundredths. 0.2 = 0.20 = 8.7 = 8.70 It is helpful, when comparing decimals, to use the same number of decimal places (giving each fraction the same denominator). Eight and seven tenths is greater than eight and twenty-nine hundredths because eight and seven tenths is equal to eight and seventy hundredths. 8.70 > 8.29 8.7 > 8.29 0.05 = 0.050 Hundredths can be written as an equivalent amount of thousandths in the same way. 0.050 > 0.047 0.05 > 0.047 2 = 2.00 Whole numbers can also be written with decimal places to help with comparison. 2.00 > 1.46 2 > 1.46 *Rewrite the number with the same number of decimal places. 4.2 Compare < > = 4.18 *Rewrite the number with the same number of decimal places. 7 Compare < > = 0.99 *Rewrite the number with the same number of decimal places. 6.5 Compare < > = 6.500 5.71 Compare *Rewrite the number with the same number of decimal places. < > = 5.9 0.084 Compare *Rewrite the number with the same number of decimal places. < > = 0.84 0.020 Compare *Rewrite the number with the same number of decimal places. < > = 0.02 45.32 Compare *Rewrite the number with the same number of decimal places. < > = 45.2 *Rewrite the number with the same number of decimal places. 3 Compare < > = 0.009 *Rewrite the number with the same number of decimal places. 0.4 Compare < > = 0.087 23.096 Compare *Rewrite the number with the same number of decimal places. < > = 23.5 15.022 Compare *Rewrite the number with the same number of decimal places. < > = 15.02 *Rewrite the number with the same number of decimal places. 5 Compare < > = 0.5 0.009 Compare *Rewrite the number with the same number of decimal places. < > = 9 2.300 Compare *Rewrite the number with the same number of decimal places. < > = 2.3 *Rewrite the number with the same number of decimal places. 153 Compare < > = 152.099 *Rewrite the number with the same number of decimal places. 42.9 Compare < > = 42.91 |