Comparing

Amounts of
Money
Rafael’s and Rina’s coin banks
were already full. They
decided to break their coin
banks, and they counted
their savings. After
counting, they found out.

Rafael- ₽378.00
Rina - ₽290.50
 Relation Symbols
> Greater < Less = equal
than than sign

Examples:
3 > 1 Three is greater than 1.
1 < 3 One is less than 3.
1 =1 One is equal to one.
 If we use this relation
symbols to answer the
question in Study This ,
what symbols shall we use?

₽378.00 ___ ₽290.50

To compare, we may align each digit according to
their decimals places.
>
₽378.00 ___ ₽290.50
Hundred Tens Ones Decimal Tenths Hundredths
3 7 8 . 0 0
2 9 0 . 5 0
 Examples

Decimal
Ones Tenths Hundredths
Point
1. ₽0.25 = 25₵
0 . 2 5
0 . 2 5

Decimal
Ones Tenths Hundredths
Point
2. ₽1.05 < ₽1.50 1 . 0 5
1 . 5 0
 3. ₽35.15 > ₽10.75
Decimal
Tens Ones Tenths Hundredths
Point
3 5 . 1 5
1 0 . 7 5

4. ₽165.00 = ₽165
Decimal
Hundreds Tens Ones Tenths Hundredths
Point
1 6 5 . 0 0
1 6 5 . 0 0
When comparing amounts of money, study
the digits in the highest place value first.

If the digit is bigger, its value is greater.

If the digits are the same, look at the

digits in the next place value and compare.

We use > , < or = signs in comparing

amounts of money.
 Get a pencil & paper and
answer the activity. Fill up
the blank if it is <, > and =.
 1. ₽378.00 ___ ₽290.50
2. P32.35 ____ P32.95
3. P8.50 ____ P8.05
4. P0.50 ____ 50 ₵
5. 95₵ _____ P9
6. P0.75 _____ P71.00
7. 75₵ ____ 55₵
8. 80₵ _____ 80 ₵
9. P67.33 ____ 100₵
10. P84.05 _____ P83.80
Thank you
for
listening!