Order and compare decimals

1 Whichnumberisgreater?

Tickyouranswer.

T O Tth Hth

1 1 0.1 0.1

0.1

0.01 0.01

0.01 0.01

0.01

T O Tth Hth

1 1 1 1 1 1

0.01 0.01

Explainyouranswer.

2 Whichisthesmallernumber?

Tickyouranswer.

T O Tth Hth

10 1 1 1 1

0.1 0.1

0.1

0.01 0.01

0.01 0.01

0.01

T O Tth Hth

10 1 1

1 1

0.1 0.1

0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Explainyouranswer.

3 Useplacevaluecounterstomakeeachofthenumbers.

4.08 5.14.13

a) Whichisthegreatestnumber?

b) Whichisthesmallestnumber?

Howdoyouknow?

4 Herearesomenumbersinaplacevaluechart.

Ones Tenths Hundredths Thousandths

3 2 3 43 1 63 2 0 83 1 4 5

Writethenumbersinorder,startingwiththegreatest.

5 Mo,Amir,Ron,TeddyandJackaremeasuringtheirheightswith

ametrerule.

Writethenamesandheightsofthechildreninorderfromshortest

totallest.

Name Height

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Mo

1.35m

Amir

1.53m

Ron

1.32m

Teddy

1.3m

Jack

1.5m

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6 AlexandDoraarecompetinginthelongjump.

Alexjumps1.35metresandDorajumps1.4metres.

a) IsDoracorrect?

Talkaboutitwithapartner.

b) Kimjoinsinthecompetition.

Whatistheshortestdistanceshecanjumptogointothelead?

7 Writethenumbersinascendingorder.

a) 0.45 0.654 0.546 0.405

b) 7.2kg 7.212kg 7.21kg

c) 25.391 25.309 25.093 25.193

8 Dexteristhinkingofanumber.

WhatpossiblenumberscouldDexterbethinkingof?

9 Tickthenumbersthatareequalto2.5

Circlethenumbersthataregreaterthan2.5

Youwillneedtoconvertthemixednumberstodecimal

numbersfirst.

2.05 25

10 212

25

100 2.53 235

2.501 280

100 23

10

It is a decimal number with 2 decimal places that is

greater than 2.47 but less than 2.58

Alex wins because 35 is greater than 4