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🍕 4th grade math · Fractions & Decimals

Compare decimals

To compare decimals, line up the dots and compare one place at a time. 0.5 is more than 0.45, because 5 tenths beats 4 tenths.

Worked example

6.75 ? 6.8
Answer: 6.75 < 6.8
Line the places up. Compare tenths first: 7 against 8. Written to the same length they are 6.75 and 6.80, so 6.75 < 6.8.
66.16.26.36.46.56.66.76.86.976.756.8

For grown-ups: Compare decimals to hundredths. Below: three problems to try with the worked answers, and a free printable sheet. Children can practise the same skill as a game, with no sign-up and no ads.

  • CCSS 4.NF.C.7
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Practices compare decimals to hundredths (4.NF.C.7). A printable sheet with its answer key, worked answers on the page, no accounts.

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Try three

  1. 9.7 ? 9.70
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 9.7 = 9.70
    These are the same number. Putting a 0 on the end of a decimal doesn’t change it: 9.7 and 9.70 are both 9710 — one point on the line.
    99.19.29.39.49.59.69.79.89.9109.7 = 9.70
  2. 9.30 ? 6.99
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 9.30 > 6.99
    Line the places up. Compare tenths first: 3 against 9. Written to the same length they are 9.30 and 6.99, so 9.30 > 6.99.
    6789109.306.99
  3. 2.1 ? 2.02
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 2.1 > 2.02
    Line the places up. Compare tenths first: 1 against 0. Written to the same length they are 2.10 and 2.02, so 2.1 > 2.02.
    22.12.22.32.42.52.62.72.82.932.12.02

Before and after

Learn first: Decimals as tenths, hundredths (4th)

Comes next: Decimals to thousandths (5th), Chance from 0 to 1 (7th)

Name: ____________________Date: ____________Score: ____ / 12

Compare decimals (4th grade)

  1. 8.49 ? 6.42
  2. 5.07 ? 6.28
  3. 5.05 ? 9.04
  4. 4.92 ? 7.36
  5. 7.7 ? 7.64
  6. 9.4 ? 9.33
  7. 6.9 ? 6.88
  8. 3.31 ? 3.4
  9. 9.5 ? 9.42
  10. 5.35 ? 5.4
  11. 6.4 ? 6.32
  12. 6.53 ? 2.78

Answer key

  1. 8.49 > 6.42
  2. 5.07 < 6.28
  3. 5.05 < 9.04
  4. 4.92 < 7.36
  5. 7.7 > 7.64
  6. 9.4 > 9.33
  7. 6.9 > 6.88
  8. 3.31 < 3.4
  9. 9.5 > 9.42
  10. 5.35 < 5.4
  11. 6.4 > 6.32
  12. 6.53 > 2.78

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