6th Grade Math Textbook, Progress

Compare and Order Decimals

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You can compare decimals the same way you compare whole numbers.

Start at the left and compare the digits in the same places.

0.834? 0.8342

same 0 
 2

0.83350.83360.83370.8338

0.834 0.8342

0.83390.83400.83410.83420.8343

Check using a number line.

Since 0.834 is to the leftof 0.8342

on the number line, 0.834 
0.8342.

Order these decimals from greatest to least:

0.1285, 1.6 99 3, 0.0668, 0.0 9 14.

Remember: You can add a zero

to the right of a decimal without

changing its value. 0.834 0.8340

Use place value to compare and order decimals.


Line up the decimal points.


Compare the digits in each place, starting with the greatest place.

0 .1285 0. 1285 0.0 668

1 .6 993 0. 0668 0.0 914

0 .0668 0. 0914

0 .0 914

1 
 0

1.6 99 3 is greatest.

0  0 and 1 
 0

0.1285 is next greatest.

6  9

0.0668 is least.

1.6 993 
0.1285 
0.0 914 
0.0668

In order from greatest to least, the decimals are:

1.6 99 3, 0.1285, 0.0 9 14, 0.0668.

From least to greatest, the decimals are:

0.0668, 0.0 9 14, 0.1285, 1.6 99 3.

0.834 
0.8342

0.834 0? 0.834 2

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