Put the following numbers in ascending (least to great) order: Math-8 NOTES DATE: ______/_______/_______ What: ORDERING RATIONAL NUMBERS Why: To order groups of fractions, decimals, %’s, and #’s written in scientific notation in both ascending and descending order. NAME: #FractionDecimal%Scientific Notation Answer (List in Original Form): 1. 3/43/ %7.5 x ½1½ %1.5 x /81/ %1.25 x 10 2 Decimal Version Decimal Version Decimal Version STRATEGY: Convert everything into decimals first!
Put the following numbers in descending (greatest to least) order: #FractionDecimal%Scientific Notation Answer (List in Original Form): 1. 3/53/ %6 x /31/ %3.3 x /813/ %3.75 x 10 1 Decimal Version Decimal Version Decimal Version Word Problems: 1.Tony, Kara, and Emilio were running laps around the track. Tony ran 8.2 laps, Kara ran 8 3 / 10 laps, and Emilio ran 50% of 16 laps. Who ran the least amount of distance? 2.At Simpson Middle School, the 6 th graders are absent 1 / 8 of the time, the 7 th graders are absent 0.1 of the time, and 8 th graders are absent 13.5% of the time. Which grade is absent the most?
“PRACTICE IT” DATE: ______/_______/_______ NAME:__________________________ Ordering rational numbers #FractionDecimal%Scientific Notation Answer (List in Original Form): 1. 1/51/ %2 x /86/ %7.5 x /97/ %7.7 x #FractionDecimal%Scientific Notation Answer (List in Original Form): 1. 4/64/6 0.76%6.6 x /65/ %8.35 x / %8.75 x 10 2 Order the following from least to greatest (ascending): Order the following from to greatest to least (descending):