Compare Decimals: Determining the Relationship Between 0.12 and 0.3

Determine the appropriate sign (?) according to the number line:

0.30.30.30000.50.50.51110.12?0.3 0.12?0.3

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00:00 Set the appropriate sign
00:03 We'll use the number line to find the 2 numbers
00:06 If the number is to the left of the second number then it's smaller, and to the right it's larger:
00:09 We'll identify the position of our number in relation to the second number
00:12 And this is the solution to the question

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Understand the problem

Determine the appropriate sign (?) according to the number line:

0.30.30.30000.50.50.51110.12?0.3 0.12?0.3

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Step-by-step solution

Let's first look at the number 0.3.

We will add a 0 on the end so we can better compare it to 0.12:

0.3=0.30 0.3=0.30

Now, if we look at the numbers after the decimal point, we can observe that:

0.12<0.30 0.12<0.30

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