Year 7 Ordering Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 7 decimals worksheet.
Year 7 Ordering Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Part A: Order
Write the decimals in order.
Answer: 4.04, 4.3, 4.885, 4.93
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 3.001, 3.134, 3.4, 3.701
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 3.2, 3.27, 3.7, 3.9
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 0.1, 0.3, 0.373, 0.46
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 3.015, 3.1, 3.22, 3.351
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 0.86, 0.725, 0.4, 0.33
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Part B: Largest or smallest?
Circle the answer.
- A3.95
- B3.006
- C3.18
- D3.9
Answer: 3.006
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A5.973
- B5.746
- C5.8
- D5.211
Answer: 5.973
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A2.995
- B2.05
- C2.5
- D2.1
Answer: 2.995
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A5.1
- B5.21
- C5.288
- D5.05
Answer: 5.05
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
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