Ordering Fractions, Decimals and Percents

Ordering: Fraction, Decimal, and Percent
February 26, 2024

Ordering FDP

We will order fractions, decimals and percents by converting to decimals and comparing them.

Follow along on slides 4-13 to work through a sample questions.

There will be 4 questions at the end for you to try on your own.

Convert to decimals

You can convert all the values to decimal form for easy comparing and ordering.

Sample Question- Follow the next few slides to solve this type of problem.

Values

If we are going to determine the order of the values, we need to convert them into the same form.

Fraction to decimal

Let's take the fraction and convert it to a decimal.

Percent to decimal

Let's take the percent and convert it to a decimal.

Line up Place Values

With all the values now in decimal form, line up the place values. Put a zero as a place holder to make all the values have 2 decimal places.

Compare Place Values

Slide over place values until you see different values. The first value we want needs to be the least, so we will choose 18%, which is Pop music.

Compare the next Place Value

Since the 4's were the same in the last place value, we need to move over another place value to compare them. Since zero is the least, it will be our next value, which is Country music.

Put them in order

We need to list them in order from least to greatest. Let's look at our question again...

Now it is your turn

You will write the values from the problems on a piece of paper and show your work. You may copy the way they were done here or how ever your teachers wants you to work them.

Multiple Choice

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• Math, World Cultures, Science

• Science, World Cultures, Math

• Science, Math, World Cultures

• World Cultures, Science, Math

Multiple Choice

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• Andrea, Bruno, Cero, Diego

• Diego, Bruno, Cero, Andrea

• Diego, Cero, Bruno, Andrea

• Andrea, Cero, Bruno, Diego

Multiple Choice

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• Brown, green, hazel, blue

• Hazel, blue, green, brown

• Blue, hazel, green, brown

• Brown, hazel, green, blue

Multiple Choice

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• Hershel, Sequoia, Melinda, Peyton

• Peyton, Melinda, Sequoia, Hershel

• Peyton, Hershel, Melinda, Sequoia

• Sequoia, Melinda, Hershel, Peyton