Is 2.04 or 2.40 greater explain?

Answer 1

Just pretend the decimal is not there.

Is 204 greater than/less than/or equal to 240?

204 is less than 240.

Therefore, 240 must be greater than 204.

So 2.40 is greater than 2.04.

Just be careful using this method. Both numbers have to have the same amount of digits. Imagine if you were comparing 1.07 and 3.8 (you'd try to compare 107 and 38). Instead you would need to add a zero to the end of the 8, and compare 1.07 to 3.80(and use the technique to compare 107 to 380).

If that is too confusing, just remember the "more left" a number is the more it is worth. In this case, the "ones" place in both numbers has a 2, so you can ignore the 2. The first number's tenths place has a 0 and the second number's tenths place has a 4. So the second number must be greater, and we don't even need to compare thehundredthsplace.

I think just pretending the decimal is not there and just adding 0's to the end of one of the numbers to make sure they have the same amount of digits is easier.

Answer 2

Yes