5.06 Order decimals
Are you ready?
We have previously ordered decimals that have digits in the tenths place. Let's practice.
Examples
Example 1
Arrange the following decimals from largest to smallest: 0.8, \, 0.3, \, 0.4.
We can use a place value table to order decimals.
Order decimals with thousandths
This video starts looks at how to order numbers that have digits in the thousandths place.
This video uses a place value table to compare numbers with thousandths.
Examples
Example 2
Order these numbers in ascending order: 0.584, \, 0.936, \, 0.753.
To compare decimals with thousandths, we can use a place value table that includes the units, tenths, hundredths and thousandths columns.
Order decimals beyond thousandths
Let's look at ordering numbers that go beyond thousandths.
Examples
Example 3
Order these numbers in ascending order: 0.4764, \, 0.2959, \, 0.5385.
If our numbers are not all expressed as thousandths, starting from the left of our number is one way to compare them. We can rename our numbers so they are all expressed as thousandths, which also helps us place them in order.