Compare Decimals

Compare 0.13 and 0.031 with a picture and place value.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 36

Which is greater, 0.13 or 0.031? More digits don't mean a bigger number. Let's look at the grids.
0.13 fills much more of the square. It has 1 tenth, and 0.031 has no tenths at all.
To compare any two decimals, line up the points. Then check each place from the left, and the first difference decides.
Zeros on the end don't change the value. 0.5, 0.50, and 0.500 all mean the same amount.

Georgia's K-12 Mathematics Standards:

5.NR.4.2 — Represent, compare, and order decimal numbers to the thousandths place based on the meanings of the digits in each place, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.