Question

why is .2 greater than .15?

Answer 1

.2=.20

Answer 2

just like .20=.200

Answer 3

.2 is closer to 1 than .15

Answer 4

.15 < .2 < .4 < .6 < 1

Answer 5

Thank you! I couldn't understand why. I just knew that it was. So like .2 is really 2 tenths and .15 is really 15 hundredths. I can recognize which is greater but I couldn't understand why so basically I was just memorizing without understanding. Moving to the right is smaller and the left is bigger. I need to be able to explain why. Thanks so much!

Answer 6

@animejunki7 i hope this doesnt confuse u but left < right. think of it as a number line. when you move left you are either getting closer to zero or, if your already neg, further from zero. right movement, if your neg, is closer to zero or, if pos, futher from zero