What is the larger number? (No Calculator)

How to compare the values of numbers - how to determine what number is least and greatest.
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[@johnplong3644]

I did this in my head .021 is larger I went with 1/50 = 2/100 = 20/ 1000 So one can see where I am going here

[@johnplong3644]

I didn’t have calculators when I went to high school 72 - 76

[@argonwheatbelly637]

.021 in less than two seconds in my head. This is a nice problem for working with scale of place numbers. My son is learning this: '=', ''. Nice video! To me, this was simply a case of 1/5 = 0.2, which was nearly an instantaneous fact recall. From there, 1/50 = 0.02; hence, 0.02 < 0.021, et voilà!

[@MTLTV-eu4nv]

His objective by teaching us to do problems with pencil and paper is to prepare students for problems that cannot easily be done in your head.

[@kennethwright870]

1/50 = .02, so .021 is larger

[@thatomofolo452]

Decimal greater>

[@billscott1605]

.021 is larger

[@michaeljozwiak25]

.021 > 1/50.

[@mauricegilliam7102]

.021

[@cliftonbrown8764]

50÷1=0.020

[@kennethwright870]

50/1=50. Cheers