Question

Circle the smaller number: 0.123 0.13. Explain how to use the grids below to support your answer.

Answer 1

Answer: The smallest number is 0.123

Explanation:

We want to find the smallest number between:

0.123 and 0.13

To do it, we first need to look at the largest digit of each number and see which one is larger.

In both cases we can see that the largest digit for both numbers is the first digit after the decimal point.

For both numbers this digit is 1, so we can't conclude nothing yet.

Now we need to look at the next digit.

For 0.123, the second digit is 2.

For 0.13 the second digit is 3.

Then the second digit is larger for 0.13, this means that 0.123 is the smallest number.

I can not explain you how to use the grids below because i can not see them in the question.