Transcript Comparing and Ordering Decimals and Whole Numbers

Ordering Decimals
and Whole Numbers
Put the following numbers in order
from least to greatest.
14.025
2.25
4.025
4.205
Least = Smallest
Greatest = Biggest
How to Order Decimal Numbers
• Step 1: Make a list of blanks to put
your numbers on, then label the least
and greatest blanks.
• Step 2: Line up the decimal points
• Step 3: Look at your whole numbers
& see how they differ.
• Step 4: Look at the Numbers in the
tenths place and see how they differ.
Keep going until you have the
numbers in order.
Step 1: make a list of blanks to put
your numbers on, then label the
least and greatest blanks.
1
2
3
4
14.025
2.25
4.025
4.205
1
(Least)
2
3
4
(Greatest)
Next, look at your whole
numbers.
14.025
2.25
4.025
4.205
(Least)
(Greatest)
Look at the number in the tenths
place.
2.25
4.025
4.205
14.025
(Least)
(Greatest)
Look at the number in the tenths
place.
0 is smaller than 2,
so 4.025 comes
first.
4.025
4.205
2.25
14.025
(Least)
(Greatest)
The numbers are now in order from
least to greatest, or smallest to
biggest.
2.25
4.025
4.205
14.025
(Least)
(Greatest)
If you need to put them in order
from greatest to least, then flip the
order.
2.25 (Least)
4.025
4.205
14.025 (Greatest)
(Greatest)
(Least)
What if I have decimals with
different place values?
2.0230
2.023
2.0200
2.02
2.0235
This number has four
decimal places. For all the
other numbers, add zeros to
the end so that they also
have 4 decimal places.
Try a couple on your own!
Put the following in order from least
to greatest.
ANSWER:
2.68
2.068
12.6
2.68
2.068
3.75
3.75
12.6
Put the following in order from
greatest to least.
ANSWER:
56.89
568.9
5.689
56.89
568.9
50.689
50.689
5.689
Put the following in order from least
to greatest.
ANSWER:
0.36
0.0063
0.306
0.306
0.63
0.36
0.0063
0.63