Year 5 Ordering Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 4 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 5 decimals worksheet.
Year 5 Ordering Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 4 — Answers
Part A: Order
Write the decimals in order.
Answer: 0.31, 0.394, 0.4, 0.98
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 1.8, 1.752, 1.4, 1.184
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 2.16, 2.4, 2.606, 2.99
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 2.2, 2.265, 2.5, 2.8
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 4.073, 4.6, 4.81, 4.9
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 1.943, 1.88, 1.85, 1.1
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.
- A5.2
- B5.5
- C5.41
- D5.399
Answer: 5.2
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A1.945
- B1.656
- C1.13
- D1.686
Answer: 1.945
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A2.1
- B2.655
- C2.7
- D2.159
Answer: 2.7
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A0.2
- B0.55
- C0.3
- D0.871
Answer: 0.2
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
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