What this lesson shows
Compare from the left, or rename both in hundredths.
The worked example
The lesson works this one step by step: 0.45 ○ 0.5. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.
The steps
- Line up the points
- Compare from the left
- Or rename in hundredths
- Farther right is bigger
Helping at home
Write the two decimals one under the other with the points lined up. Compare place by place from the left, or add a 0 so both are in hundredths. Write <, >, or = in the circle, the open side facing the bigger number.
If your kid gets stuck
Line up the points first.
Watch it with Lux
With Lux, this lesson is a narrated video and a printed page your kid works on. Then Lux helps with the same math on their own worksheet, one question at a time.
Standards
- Common Core 4.NF.C.7
Compare two decimals to hundredths by reasoning about their size. Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two decimals refer to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, or <, and justify the conclusions, e.g., by using a visual model.
Matches standards in 50 statesSee each state's code
- Alabama MA19.4.19
- Alaska 4.NF.7
- Arizona 4.NF.C.7
- Arkansas 4.NPV.6
- California 4.NF.C.7
- Colorado 4.NF.C.7
- Connecticut 4.NF.C.7
- Delaware 4.NF.C.7
- District of Columbia 4.NF.C.7
- Florida MA.4.NSO.1.5
- Georgia 4.NR.5.3
- Hawaii 4.NF.C.7
- Idaho 4.NF.C.7.a, 4.NF.C.7.b
- Illinois 4.NF.C.7
- Indiana 4.NS.6
- Iowa 4.NF.C.7
- Kansas 4.NF.7
- Kentucky KY.4.NF.7.a, KY.4.NF.7.b, KY.4.NF.7.c
- Louisiana 4.NF.C.7
- Maine 4.NF.C.7
- Maryland 4.NOS.F.16
- Massachusetts 4.NF.C.7
- Michigan 4.NF.C.7
- Minnesota 4.1.2.5
- Mississippi 4.NF.7
- Missouri 4.NF.C.12
- Montana MT.4.NF.7, 4.D1.11
- Nebraska 4.N.1.b
- Nevada 4.NF.C.7
- New Hampshire 4.NF.C.7
- New Jersey 4.NF.C.7
- New Mexico 4.NF.C.7
- New York NY-4.NF.7
- North Carolina NC.4.NF.7
- North Dakota 4.NO.NBT.2
- Ohio 4.NF.7
- Oklahoma 4.N.3.8, 4.N.3.9
- Oregon 4.NF.C.7
- Pennsylvania CC.2.1.4.C.3
- Rhode Island 4.NF.C.7
- South Carolina 4.NR.2.2
- South Dakota 4.NF.C.7
- Tennessee 4.NF.C.6, 4.NF.C.7
- Texas 111.6.b.2.F, 111.6.b.2.H, 111.6.b.3.G
- Utah 4.NF.7
- Vermont 4.NF.C.7
- Washington 4.NF.C.7
- West Virginia M.4.18
- Wisconsin M.4.NF.C.7
- Wyoming 4.NF.7