Year 8 Ordering Decimals Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 4 — 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: 3.002, 3.35, 3.46, 3.5
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 4.801, 4.871, 4.89, 4.97
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 4.177, 4.46, 4.67, 4.82
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 1.8, 1.54, 1.44, 1.099
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 1.1, 1.375, 1.4, 1.44
Line up the decimal points (fill gaps with zeros) and compare digit by digit from the left.
Answer: 5.393, 5.415, 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.
- A2.263
- B2.6
- C2.12
- D2.9
Answer: 2.12
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A1.928
- B1.772
- C1.815
- D1.06
Answer: 1.928
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A4.91
- B4.5
- C4.4
- D4.6
Answer: 4.4
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
- A5.1
- B5.398
- C5.76
- D5.88
Answer: 5.88
Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths.
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