Year 8 Ordering Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 8 decimals worksheet.
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Part A: Order
Write the decimals in order.
Answer: 2.01, 2.153, 2.532, 2.97
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 5.1, 5.33, 5.447, 5.8
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 0.28, 0.39, 0.4, 0.8
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 0.429, 0.54, 0.7, 0.76
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 4.12, 4.461, 4.5, 4.932
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 5.1, 5.431, 5.7, 5.9
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.
- A2.7
- B2.86
- C2.64
- D2.271
Answer: 2.271
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A3.9
- B3.444
- C3.8
- D3.28
Answer: 3.9
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A1.481
- B1.84
- C1.6
- D1.474
Answer: 1.474
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A0.9
- B0.29
- C0.166
- D0.6
Answer: 0.166
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
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