Grade 5, Fractions, decimals and percents
Compare decimals
Compare and order decimals to thousandths, even when they have different numbers of places.
Three levels
One skill, rising difficulty
Each sheet carries one level. The three are the same skill at rising difficulty, each named for what it practises.
- Level 1: Same number of places
- Write <, > or = in the circle.
- Level 2: Different numbers of places
- Write <, > or = in the circle.
- Level 3: Order three decimals
- Write the decimals in order, from least to greatest.
Worked example
How the sheet explains it
The helper printed at the top of each sheet: one solved example and the steps a student follows, before the first question. Every number sentence in it is proven by the same checker as the answer key.
Level 1: Same number of places
0.637 < 0.673
- Both have three places. Compare the digits from the left and stop at the first place where they differ.
- Tenths: 6 = 6. Hundredths: 3 < 7.
- So 0.637 < 0.673.
Level 2: Different numbers of places
0.5 > 0.45
- Write a zero so both have two places: 0.5 = 0.50.
- Read both as hundredths: 0.50 is 50 hundredths and 0.45 is 45 hundredths. 50 > 45.
- So 0.5 > 0.45.
Level 3: Order three decimals
0.405, 0.5, 0.45 0.405 < 0.45 < 0.5
- Write zeros so all have three places: 0.5 = 0.500 and 0.45 = 0.450.
- Read all three as thousandths: 405, 450 and 500. 405 < 450 < 500.
- In order: 0.405 < 0.45 < 0.5.
Goes with
Reference sheets
One-page helpers a student keeps beside this sheet:
- Decimals
- Rounding
Every reference, facts and support sheet is listed in the worksheet catalogue.
In the BC curriculum
Content standards
The British Columbia content standards this skill is written for, by the codes used across this site:
- bc.math.5.c.2
- bc.math.5.c.4
The wording of each standard is on the Province's mathematics curriculum page.
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