Year 5 Ordering Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 5 decimals worksheet.
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Part A: Order
Write the decimals in order.
Answer: 1.2, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 4.9, 4.49, 4.112, 4.014
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 2.7, 2.417, 2.225, 2.09
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 2.346, 2.5, 2.55, 2.59
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 5.225, 5.6, 5.662, 5.933
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 3.07, 3.74, 3.88, 3.912
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.
- A1.8
- B1.76
- C1.757
- D1.99
Answer: 1.757
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A1.48
- B1.51
- C1.4
- D1.69
Answer: 1.4
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A4.06
- B4.2
- C4.793
- D4.254
Answer: 4.06
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A4.663
- B4.23
- C4.652
- D4.89
Answer: 4.23
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
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