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The Great Snail Race: Comparing Decimals

Grade 4 practice comparing decimals to hundredths with >, =, and <, using distances from a classroom snail race.

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Aligned to4.NF.C.7

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 4
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students compare two decimals to hundredths and record the result with >, =, or <.
Students explain decimal comparisons by rewriting tenths as hundredths.
Students recognize that decimal comparisons only make sense when both decimals refer to the same whole.

How to use

Use after students can write tenths and hundredths as decimals. Encourage them to rewrite tenths as hundredths (0.5 = 0.50) before comparing.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

4.NF.C.7

Compare two decimals to hundredths using the symbols >, =, and <.

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The Great Snail Race: Comparing Decimals

Compare decimals to hundredths with >, =, and <.

Compare the snails

Each distance is in meters. Write >, =, or < to compare the distances.

Rosa's snail crawled 0.5 meter. Ike's snail crawled 0.38 meter.

Word bank: > · = · <

0.5 0.38

Shelly crawled 0.7 meter. Clover crawled 0.70 meter.

Word bank: > · = · <

0.7 0.70

Sprout crawled 0.09 meter. Nibbles crawled 0.1 meter.

Word bank: > · = · <

0.09 0.1

Zippy crawled 1.25 meters. Twirl crawled 1.3 meters.

Word bank: > · = · <

1.25 1.3

Pip crawled 0.3 meter. Dash crawled 0.25 meter. The dots on the number line show both distances.

Word bank: > · = · <

0.3 0.25

Race results

Use what you know about tenths and hundredths to answer each question.

Four snails raced on the same track. Goldie crawled 0.6 meter. Speedy crawled 0.58 meter. Moss crawled 0.06 meter. Pebble crawled 0.59 meter.
Which snail crawled the farthest?

A. Speedy
B. Moss
C. Goldie
D. Pebble

The finish line is 0.5 meter from the start. Sort each snail's distance.

0.450.500.60.090.510.05

Less than 0.5	Equal to 0.5	Greater than 0.5

A snail wins a ribbon if it crawls more than 0.7 meter. Circle every distance that wins a ribbon.

0.680.80.710.070.700.9

Three snails crawled 0.4 meter, 0.35 meter, and 0.53 meter. Write the distances in order from least to greatest.

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Think it through

Read carefully. Fill in the blanks, choose, or explain.

10.

Snail A crawled 0.5 of a long track. Snail B crawled 0.5 of a short track. Did they crawl the same distance?

A. Yes, because 0.5 = 0.5.
B. No, because the tracks are different lengths, so 0.5 of each track is a different distance.
C. No, because 0.5 of a short track is always more than 0.5 of a long track.