Decimal Comparison: Find the Missing Symbol Between 0.655 and 0.55

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

0.655?0.55 0.655?0.55

0.550.550.550000.50.50.5111

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00:09 First, let's choose the correct sign.
00:12 We'll use a number line to find two numbers.
00:16 If a number is on the left, it's smaller; on the right, it's larger.
00:20 Let's find where our number is compared to the second one.
00:28 And that's how we find the solution!

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Understand the problem

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

0.655?0.55 0.655?0.55

0.550.550.550000.50.50.5111

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Step-by-step solution

First let's look at the number 0.55.

We'll add 0.1 to it in order to get 0.655.

This can be written as follows:

0.55=0.550 0.55=0.550

Looking at the numbers after the decimal point, we can observe that:

0.655>0.550 0.655>0.550

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