Year 8 Ordering Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 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: 0.8, 0.426, 0.24, 0.094
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 2.08, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 3.588, 3.625, 3.642, 3.89
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 3.949, 3.6, 3.4, 3.33
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 1.47, 1.57, 1.591, 1.6
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.758
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.
- A3.24
- B3.9
- C3.407
- D3.5
Answer: 3.9
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A4.03
- B4.4
- C4.26
- D4.7
Answer: 4.7
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A1.24
- B1.758
- C1.65
- D1.58
Answer: 1.24
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A1.3
- B1.7
- C1.2
- D1.05
Answer: 1.05
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
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