Test Your Knowledge: Ordering Decimals Greatest to Least Questions for 5th Grade

📚 Quick Study Guide

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• Decimals are numbers that represent parts of a whole. They are written with a decimal point.
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• When comparing decimals, start by looking at the whole number part. The decimal with the larger whole number is greater.
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• If the whole numbers are the same, compare the digits after the decimal point, place by place, starting from the tenths place.
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• To easily compare decimals, add zeros to the end so that all decimals have the same number of digits after the decimal point. This does not change the value of the decimal.
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• Ordering decimals from greatest to least means arranging them from the largest value to the smallest value.
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• Example: To compare $0.5$, $0.25$, and $0.75$, add a zero to $0.5$ to make it $0.50$. Then compare $0.50$, $0.25$, and $0.75$. The order from greatest to least is $0.75$, $0.50$, $0.25$.

🧪 Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following decimals is the greatest?
   1. 0.15
   2. 0.09
   3. 0.2
   4. 0.12
2. Which of the following decimals is the smallest?
   1. 0.5
   2. 0.25
   3. 0.6
   4. 0.4
3. Which list shows the decimals in order from greatest to least?
   1. 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6
   2. 0.6, 0.5, 0.4, 0.3
   3. 0.3, 0.6, 0.4, 0.5
   4. 0.6, 0.3, 0.5, 0.4
4. Which of the following decimals is greater than 0.6 but less than 0.8?
   1. 0.5
   2. 0.9
   3. 0.7
   4. 0.4
5. Which list shows the decimals in order from least to greatest?
   1. 0.8, 0.75, 0.6, 0.5
   2. 0.5, 0.6, 0.75, 0.8
   3. 0.8, 0.5, 0.75, 0.6
   4. 0.5, 0.8, 0.6, 0.75
6. Which of the following is the greatest decimal?
   1. 0.99
   2. 0.9
   3. 0.999
   4. 0.099
7. Arrange the following decimals from greatest to least: 0.45, 0.6, 0.2, 0.55
   1. 0.2, 0.45, 0.55, 0.6
   2. 0.6, 0.55, 0.45, 0.2
   3. 0.45, 0.2, 0.6, 0.55
   4. 0.6, 0.45, 0.55, 0.2