Which Decimal is Greater: Mathematical Comparison Practice

Question

Which decimal number is greater?

00:00 Which number is bigger?

00:03 Let's compare the digits between the numbers

00:09 The digit 5 is bigger than 4, therefore this number is bigger

00:12 And this is the solution to the question

Let's first convert the decimal numbers into simple fractions and compare them:

0.5 is divided by 10 because there is only one digit after the decimal point, therefore:

$0.5=\frac{5}{10}$

0.4 is divided by 10 because there is only one digit after the decimal point, therefore:

$0.4=\frac{4}{10}$

Let's then compare the numbers in the numerator:

$\frac{5}{10}>\frac{4}{10}$

Therefore, the larger number is 0.5.

$0.5$