1. Ordering Rational Numbers
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2. Warm Up > < < > > < Spencer lost the most yards
Use the number line to answer the following questions.
1). −4 ____ −2 2). −6____ ). 17____ −33
−2 ____ − ____ − −33 ____ 17
4). While playing a football game, John ran the ball for 3 yards, Spencer got pushed back 5 yards and Hal got pushed back 4 yards. Who lost the most yards?
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Spencer lost the most yards

3. Ordering Rational Numbers−1
− 1 2
1 2 1
− 𝟏 𝟐 < 𝟏 𝟐
𝟏 𝟐 >− 𝟏 𝟐
When two numbers are graphed on a number line, the number on the left is always less than the number to the right.

4. Ordering Rational Numbers
Examples −1
−0.75
−0.5
−0.25
Fill in each blank with < , > or =.
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1). −0.75 ______ −0.25
2). 0 _____ −0.25
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4). − ______ − 1 4
3). −0.75 ______ −1
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5. < < > > > = Practice
Fill in each blank with <, > or =.
1). −𝟑 𝟏 𝟑 ____ 𝟐 𝟑 ). −𝟖.𝟕𝟓 _____ −𝟕.𝟔
3). 𝟏 𝟏 𝟐 _____ −𝟎.𝟓 4). 𝟏 𝟒 _____ − 𝟐 𝟑
5). −𝟒 𝟏 𝟓 _____ −𝟓.𝟐𝟓 6). −𝟔.𝟐 _____ 𝟔 𝟏 𝟓
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6. Closure
Write a real life example of comparing rational numbers.