4-2ab-fraction-strips-compare

Ask students what symbol is used to show that 1.07 is less than 1.7/1.70. Elicit responses until a student says the less than symbol. Click twice more so that the symbol and number sentence appear. Project slide 3 from the PowerPoint. Have students first name the two decimals shown by the models, and hold up their whiteboards for you to see. ................
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