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: 4.402, 4.5, 4.53, 4.808
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 1.8, 1.68, 1.603, 1.4
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 1.45, 1.7, 1.973, 1.992
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 5.305, 5.403, 5.51, 5.9
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 1.4, 1.63, 1.706, 1.757
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 5.2, 5.29, 5.8, 5.81
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.
- A5.5
- B5.995
- C5.05
- D5.2
Answer: 5.05
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A3.057
- B3.783
- C3.26
- D3.6
Answer: 3.057
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A2.9
- B2.02
- C2.617
- D2.8
Answer: 2.02
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A1.9
- B1.522
- C1.51
- D1.2
Answer: 1.2
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
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