Year 8 Ordering Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — 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: 1.1, 1.56, 1.58, 1.95
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 4.35, 4.5, 4.9, 4.97
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 1.5, 1.6, 1.808, 1.855
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 5.1, 5.113, 5.621, 5.9
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 2.1, 2.4, 2.467, 2.88
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 2.11, 2.172, 2.6, 2.81
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.
- A5.577
- B5.759
- C5.236
- D5.1
Answer: 5.759
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A1.9
- B1.5
- C1.2
- D1.6
Answer: 1.2
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A3.8
- B3.1
- C3.5
- D3.512
Answer: 3.1
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A4.888
- B4.81
- C4.012
- D4.5
Answer: 4.888
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
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