Comparing Decimals with Base Ten Blocks

The video tutorial explains how to compare two decimal numbers, such as 2.1 and 2.08, using a decimal place value chart. It guides viewers to start by comparing the greatest place value, the ones place, and then move to the tenths place if necessary. The tutorial concludes by showing how to express the comparison using an inequality symbol, demonstrating that 2.1 is greater than 2.08.

What is the first place value you should look at when comparing two decimals?

• Hundredths place

• Ones place

• Thousandths place

• Tenths place

If two decimals have the same number in the ones place, which place should you compare next?

• Hundredths place

• Ones place

• Tenths place

• Thousandths place

Which decimal is greater: 2.1 or 2.08?

• 2.08

• 2.1

• Cannot be determined

• Both are equal

What does it mean if a decimal has more tenths than another?

• It is unrelated

• It is less

• It is equal

• It is greater

How can you express that 2.1 is greater than 2.08 using symbols?

• 2.1 = 2.08

• 2.1 < 2.08

• 2.1 > 2.08

• 2.1 != 2.08