Name
Date
TEKS 7.1.A
LESSON
Class
Practice
2-11 Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers
Compare the fractions. Write or . Justify your answer.
7
1. 8
3
2. 10
5
8
7
3
8
3. 4
12
5
5
12
Compare the decimals. Write or . Justify your answer.
4. 0.531
0.513
5. 0.73
0.073
6. 3.59
3.599
Order the numbers from least to greatest.
4
7. 9, 0.4, 0.45
2
8. 1.7, 1.65, 13
2
10. 5, 5.25, 55
3
5
13. 5, 7, 0.65
3
11. 64, 6.34, 6.4
1
14. 0.3, 0.345, 3
1
9. 3.18, 38, 3.80
11 8
, , 0.91
12. 12 9
7
5
15. 0.75, 8, 8
16. A ream of paper contains 500 sheets of paper. Norm has
373 sheets of paper left from a ream. Express the portion
of a ream Norm has as a fraction and as a decimal.
17. The density of Venus, compared to Earth having a density
of 1, is 0.943. The density of Mercury is 0.983, compared to the
density of Earth. Which planet has a greater density, Venus or
Mercury?
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Name
Date
TEKS 7.1.A
Class
Practice
LESSON
2-11 Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers
Compare the fractions. Write or . Justify your answer.
7
1. 8
3
2. 10
5
8
7 5
7
3
8
3. 4
12
5
5
12
7
5
12
12
Tenths are smaller
than eighths.
Compare the decimals. Write or . Justify your answer.
4. 0.531
0.513
5. 0.73
0.073
3 hundredths are less
7 tenths are greater
than 1 hundredth.
than 0 tenths.
6. 3.59
3.599
3.59 3.5959…;
5 thousandths are
less than
9 thousandths.
Order the numbers from least to greatest.
4
7. 9, 0.4, 0.45
2
8. 1.7, 1.65, 13
4
2
0.4, 9, 0.45
2
3
11. 64, 6.34, 6.4
2
55, 5.25, 5
5
3
11 8
, , 0.91
12. 12 9
3
14. 0.3, 0.345, 3
7, 0.65, 5
38, 3.18, 3.80
8
11
, 0.91, 9
12
64, 6.4, 6.34
1
13. 5, 7, 0.65
5
1
1.65, 13, 1.7
10. 5, 5.25, 55
3
1
9. 3.18, 38, 3.80
7
5
15. 0.75, 8, 8
1
0.3, 3, 0.345
5 7
0.75, 8, 8
16. A ream of paper contains 500 sheets of paper. Norm has
373 sheets of paper left from a ream. Express the portion
of a ream Norm has as a fraction and as a decimal.
373
500 ; 0.746
17. The density of Venus, compared to Earth having a density
of 1, is 0.943. The density of Mercury is 0.983, compared to the
density of Earth. Which planet has a greater density, Venus or
Mercury?
Mercury
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