Compare and order real numbers
Grade 8 Math Worksheet - Challenge Me

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Number line with a tick at every hundredth. Green marks are whole numbers, blue marks the other integers, orange marks the other rational numbers, and purple marks irrational numbers. Card A is √14, card B is 3 4/5, card C is 3.6, card D is 365%, card E is 3.7.
Tala deals five number cards. Which order, from least to greatest, is right? Write the five letters.
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Number line with a tick at every hundredth. Green marks are whole numbers, blue marks the other integers, orange marks the other rational numbers, and purple marks irrational numbers. Card A is π, card B is 22/7, card C is 3.1, card D is 3.2, card E is √10.
Zee ranks five cards, two of them close to π. Which order, from greatest to least, is right? Write the five letters.
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Number line with a tick at every hundredth. Green marks are whole numbers, blue marks the other integers, orange marks the other rational numbers, and purple marks irrational numbers. Card A is √2, card B is 1 2/5, card C is 142%, card D is 1.41, card E is 1.45.
Ari sorts five number cards for a game. Which order, from least to greatest, is right? Write the five letters.
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Number line with a tick at every thousandth. Green marks are whole numbers, blue marks the other integers, orange marks the other rational numbers, and purple marks irrational numbers. Card A is 4.2 × 10⁻¹, card B is 0.04, card C is 1/2, card D is 41%.
Bo sorts four number cards. Which order, from least to greatest, is right? Write the four letters.
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Number line with a tick at every thousandth. Green marks are whole numbers, blue marks the other integers, orange marks the other rational numbers, and purple marks irrational numbers. Card A is 3.5 × 10⁻², card B is 3/10, card C is 0.4%, card D is 2.5%.
Esme lines up four cards. Which order, from least to greatest, is right? Write the four letters.
Kira looks for numbers in a gap on the number line. Which pair has one rational and one irrational number, both between 4 and 5?
- 4.5 and √30
- 4.5 and √18
- √17 and √21
- 4.2 and 4.8
Luz picks two numbers between two whole numbers. Which pair has one rational and one irrational number, both between 2 and 3?
Number line with a tick at every tenth, from 2 to 3. Green marks are whole numbers, blue marks the other integers, orange marks the other rational numbers, and purple marks irrational numbers. Number line with a tick at every tenth, from 2 to 3. Green marks are whole numbers, blue marks the other integers, orange marks the other rational numbers, and purple marks irrational numbers. 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3 Green marks are whole numbers, blue marks the other integers, orange marks the other rational numbers, and purple marks irrational numbers. - 2.2 and 2.7
- √5 and √8
- 2.5 and √7
- 2.5 and √12
Milo searches for numbers between 7 and 8. Which pair has one rational and one irrational number, both between 7 and 8?
Number line with a tick at every tenth, from 7 to 8. Green marks are whole numbers, blue marks the other integers, orange marks the other rational numbers, and purple marks irrational numbers. Number line with a tick at every tenth, from 7 to 8. Green marks are whole numbers, blue marks the other integers, orange marks the other rational numbers, and purple marks irrational numbers. 7 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 8 Green marks are whole numbers, blue marks the other integers, orange marks the other rational numbers, and purple marks irrational numbers. - √52 and √60
- 7.5 and √40
- 7.2 and 7.8
- 7.5 and √56
Number line with a tick at every tenth. Green marks are whole numbers, blue marks the other integers, orange marks the other rational numbers, and purple marks irrational numbers. Number line with a tick at every tenth. Green marks are whole numbers, blue marks the other integers, orange marks the other rational numbers, and purple marks irrational numbers. green: whole numbers blue: other integers orange: other rational numbers purple: irrational numbers -2 -1 0 1 2 Tala explains a comparison on the board. Which reason shows that √50 is greater than 7?
- A root sign makes a number bigger.
- √50 is about 5.
- 7 × 7 = 49, and 50 is more than 49.
- 50 is greater than 7.
Ari checks a reason for a comparison. Which reason shows that √90 is greater than 9.4?
Use the picture in question 9.
- Roots are always smaller than plain numbers.
- 9.4 × 9.4 = 88.36, and 90 is more than 88.36.
- 90 is greater than 9.4.
- √90 is about 10.

