standard_description: Compare two decimals to hundredths by reasoning about their size. Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two decimals refer to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, or <, and justify the conclusions, e.g., by using a visual model.
Grade 4 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 100.
problem_activity: Task
The table below shows all the products of pairs of numbers between 1 and 9.
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Which numbers appear only once in the table of products?   Where are these numbers located in the table?  Why?
Which numbers appear the most frequently in the table?  Why?
Which numbers between 10 and 20 do  not  appear in the table?  What do these numbers have in common?


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