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Year 5 · Fractions, Decimals & Percentages

Order decimals

Ordering means arranging numbers from smallest to largest, or the other way.

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How to do it

  1. Compare how many digits each number has.
  2. Same digits: compare from the left.
  3. For decimals, line up the points first.

Worked example

4.29, 9.59, 4.92 smallest to largest
Put them on a number line: further right is bigger.
4.29, 4.92, 9.59

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