Writing and Comparing Decimal Numbers (Grade 4)

This lesson set develops understanding of the relationship between fractions and decimals, decimal number notation and addition, as well as comparison of decimal numbers. Students will: 

• express a fraction with a denominator of 10 as an equivalent fraction with a denominator of 100 and write fractions with denominators of 10 and 100 with decimal notation; 
• combine tenths and hundredths; 
• compare two decimals to hundredths and justify the comparisons using visual models; and 
• compare decimals and express their relationship using the symbols, >, <, or = and explain that comparisons are valid only when the two decimals refer to the same whole. 

Standards: 4.NF.C.5, 4.NF.C.6, 4.NF.C.7. 4.NF.B.3