NF.3.7

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.

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Formative Assessments
Formative Assessments
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Students are asked to compare four pairs of decimals using the less than, greater than, or equal to symbols.
Compare Decimals
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Students are asked to compare decimals by drawing a visual model and record the comparison using the less than, greater than, or equal to symbol.
Using Models to Compare Decimals
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Students are asked to compare two pairs of decimals in the context of word problems and to record a comparison using an inequality symbol.
Comparing Decimals in Context
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Students are asked to consider two grids with different sized wholes and determine if both models show four-tenths.
Comparing Four Tenths
Virtual/Hands-on Manipulatives
Virtual/Hands-on Manipulatives
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CPALMS: This virtual manipulative provides base blocks that consist of individual ``units,`` ``longs,`` ``flats,`` and ``blocks`` (ten of each set for base 10).
Base Blocks
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CPALMS: This powerful interactive virtual manipulative tool supports teachers in building a conceptual understanding of fractions and decimal comparisons through manipulating fractions and representing them with a wide variety of visual models.
Conceptually Comparing Fractions and Decimals
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CPALMS: An interactive tool to represent a fraction circle, rectangle, or set model with numerators and denominators ranging from 1 to 100.
Fraction Models
Assessment Questions
Assessment Questions
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Equation Editor
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Use Real Link and Title
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Hook/Performance Tasks
Hook/Performance Tasks
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Each part of this task highlights a slightly different aspect of place value as it relates to decimal notation.
IM:  Using Place Value