Is 0.250 more or less than 0.375?
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Explanation:
Start by comparing the digits in the tenths place:
#color(red)(0. 250)" "" "" "color(blue)(0. 375#
#color(lightgray)(0.)color(red)2color(lightgray)50 " "" "" "color(lightgray)(0.)color(blue)3color(lightgray)75#
#color(white)"---"color(red)2" "" "" "" "color(white)"-.."color(blue)3#
#color(white)"---"color(red)2" "" "<" "color(white)"-."color(blue)3#
Since
Explanation:
This is directly comparable with asking
Is
The most important place holders are the first ones.
In this case they both show hundreds.
In the case of the decimals, we use the same approach,
The most important place holders are the first ones which are not
In this case they both show tenths.
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