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Examples, solutions, videos, worksheets, stories, and songs to help Grade 5 students learn how to compare and order decimals.
Comparing and ordering decimals involves determining the relative size of two or more decimal numbers. Decimals are compared digit by digit from left to right, just like whole numbers, but with attention to the decimal point.
The following diagram gives some examples of comparing and ordering decimals. Scroll down the page for more examples and solutions.
Decimal Worksheets
Practice your skills with the following worksheets:
Online & Printable Decimal Worksheets
Steps for Comparing Two Decimals:
Steps for Ordering Multiple Decimals:
Key Principles:
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Misaligned decimals: Always line up the decimal point
Ignoring negative signs: −0.6 is less than −0.2.
Overlooking trailing zeros: 0.7 = 0.70.
Comparing and arranging decimals
This is a short video tutorial on comparing and arranging decimals.
Decimals Comparing and Ordering
Comparing Decimals with Less Than and Greater Than
A song on how to use the > and < symbols.
The hungry alligator
eats the value that is greater.
The value that is least
is never part of his feast.
Comparing decimals: ordering from least to greatest
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