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Comparing With Negatives

Comparing With Negatives. NS 1.1 Compare and order positive and negative fractions, decimals, and mixed numbers and place them on a number line Objective: Discover how the ordering for negative numbers differs from ordering positive numbers

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Comparing With Negatives

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  1. Comparing With Negatives

  2. NS 1.1 Compare and order positive and negative fractions, decimals, and mixed numbers and place them on a number line • Objective: Discover how the ordering for negative numbers differs from ordering positive numbers • Learning target: Answer at least 3 of the 4 comparing fraction and decimal questions correctly on the exit ticket.

  3. The farther to the right a number is, the greater it is. • -5 < -2 < 0 < 3 < 5 • Therefore, when comparing a positive and a negative number, ____________________ • How do we compare numbers using a number line? the positive number is always greater.

  4. The closer a negative is to 0, the greater it is (since it is farther to the right). • How do we compare negative numbers?

  5. -3 > -10 • -0.48-0.5 • -4 is closer to 0 than -5 is, so -0.48 > -0.5 • <, >, or =-3 -10 • -0.48 -0.5

  6. 0.0-0.3 0.9-0.5 • Order from least to greatest: 0 is the third least -3 is the second least 9 is the greatest -5 is the least

  7. Which letter(s) can we eliminate right away? How do you know these letter(s) cannot be correct?

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