Ordering Decimals and Fractions by Steven Catalano https://padlet.com/stevencatalano094/i8formg1j4na1frs en-us 2020-10-01 17:18:00 UTC 2025-12-03 01:40:38 UTC hello@padlet.com Judy and Frank are having an argument over how to order these fractions and decimals from least to greatest and the correct order. Judy believes that it is best to convert every one of the amounts to a decimal and then compare. Frank finds it better to look at each of them using his “number sense” and compare each of them to each other. stevencatalano094 https://padlet.com/stevencatalano094/i8formg1j4na1frs/wish/795628768 What method do you use?  Explain?  Show how you would figure out the order of these real numbers from least to greatest!]]> 2020-10-01 17:26:40 UTC https://padlet.com/stevencatalano094/i8formg1j4na1frs/wish/795628768 Given data: 0.9, 2/3, ½, 0.67, ⅜ stevencatalano094 https://padlet.com/stevencatalano094/i8formg1j4na1frs/wish/795637247 2020-10-01 17:28:28 UTC https://padlet.com/stevencatalano094/i8formg1j4na1frs/wish/795637247 Convert the fractions to decimals. stevencatalano094 https://padlet.com/stevencatalano094/i8formg1j4na1frs/wish/795640360 The fraction 2/3 = 2 divided by 3 = 0.6 repeating.
The fraction 1/2 = 1 divided by 2 = 0.5.
The fraction 3/8 = 3 divided by 8 = 0.375.

]]> 2020-10-01 17:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/stevencatalano094/i8formg1j4na1frs/wish/795640360 Now all of the values are in decimal form. stevencatalano094 https://padlet.com/stevencatalano094/i8formg1j4na1frs/wish/795695348 0.9, 0.6 repeating, 0.5, 0.67, 0.375]]> 2020-10-01 17:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/stevencatalano094/i8formg1j4na1frs/wish/795695348 The last step is to order them from least to greatest. stevencatalano094 https://padlet.com/stevencatalano094/i8formg1j4na1frs/wish/795760152 3/8(0.375), 1/2(0.5), 2/3(0.6), 0.67, 0.9]]> 2020-10-01 17:53:52 UTC https://padlet.com/stevencatalano094/i8formg1j4na1frs/wish/795760152