standard_description: Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money, including problems involving simple fractions or decimals, and problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Represent measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line diagrams that feature a measurement scale.
problem_activity: Problem 1
Consider the set of numbers
$$6$$
,
$${4 \frac{1}{2}}$$
,
$$2$$
, and
$$5$$
, and answer the questions that follow.
a.   Graph the numbers on the number line and list the numbers in order from least to greatest.
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b.   Write the opposites of each number and graph them on the number line.
c.   Order the opposites from least to greatest.
d.   Is −5 greater than −2? Explain using your number line.
Problem 2
Order the rational numbers below from least to greatest.
$${5, -4, -\frac{1}{3}, \frac{10}{3}, 3, 0, -4\frac{1}{4}, -4\frac{3}{4}}$$
What strategies did you use to determine the correct order?
Problem 3
A student orders three rational numbers from least to greatest as:
$${{{{{{{{{-5}}}}}}}}}$$
,
$${{{{{{{{{-5}}}}}}}}} \frac {1}{3}$$
,
$$6$$
Are the numbers ordered correctly? Choose the best statement below.


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