Question

Ryan shaded 70 squares on his hundredths grid. Sarah shaded 80 squares on her hundredths grid.

This image shows two hundredths grid next to each other. First hundredth grid has 70 squares shaded in blue and remaining are empty and second hundredth grid has 80 squares shaded in red and remaining are empty.

Part A
Which value is greater than Ryan’s decimal and less than Sarah’s decimal?
70100+4100 60100+5100 80100+1100 80100+15100
Part B
Select all the decimals that show how much of the grid Ryan shaded.
0.700
0.07
0.7
0.070
0.70

Answer 1

0.7

Explanation:

Answer 2

A. 70/100 +4/100

B. 0.700, 0.7, 0.70

Explanation:

A. The number between Ryan's 70/100 and Sarah's 80/100 will be 70/100 + some number less than 10/100, such as ...

70/100 +4/100

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B. Trailing zeros (or their lack) don't change the value. Ryan has 70/100 = 0.70 of the grid shaded. Equivalent numbers are ...

0.70

0.7

0.700