Year 5 Ordering Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — 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: 1.1, 1.3, 1.816, 1.99
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 5.7, 5.552, 5.5, 5.075
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 4.5, 4.7, 4.78, 4.8
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 1.234, 1.657, 1.68, 1.76
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 5.7, 5.6, 5.5, 5.3
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 2.83, 2.8, 2.7, 2.6
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.
- A3.463
- B3.997
- C3.903
- D3.03
Answer: 3.03
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A3.4
- B3.868
- C3.379
- D3.6
Answer: 3.868
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A5.94
- B5.9
- C5.24
- D5.304
Answer: 5.94
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A0.493
- B0.28
- C0.11
- D0.5
Answer: 0.5
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
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