Year 5 Ordering Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 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: 1.9, 1.8, 1.44, 1.37
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 5.082, 5.36, 5.484, 5.5
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 0.81, 0.513, 0.403, 0.099
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 2.01, 2.07, 2.54, 2.7
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 4.33, 4.5, 4.6, 4.959
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 4.8, 4.7, 4.6, 4.16
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.
- A0.7
- B0.54
- C0.2
- D0.5
Answer: 0.2
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A3.85
- B3.57
- C3.914
- D3.951
Answer: 3.951
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A0.44
- B0.57
- C0.427
- D0.5
Answer: 0.57
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A1.7
- B1.16
- C1.59
- D1.4
Answer: 1.7
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
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