Question

Sal was asked by his teacher to

compare the numbers 153.098 and
153.408. Which is the correct way to
compare these two numbers?
A. 153.098 > 153.408
B. 153.098 = 153.408
C. 153.408 < 153.098
D. 153.408 > 153.098

Answer 1

153.098

153.408

When we look at these numbers, we want to see which one has the greatest digit.

Shown below, I'm going to compare both numbers and start from the hundreds place and gradually go further into the other digits until we've seen which number is the greatest.

153.098:

1

153.408:

1

153.098:

15

153.408:

15

153.098:

153

153.408

153

153.098:

153.0

153.408

153.4

Now, we can automatically know that 153.408 is the greatest because the 4 in the tenths place is bigger than 0 in the tenths place in the other number.

So 153.408 > 153.098, D is your answer.