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Arranging Decimals: Largest First

In this worksheet, students arrange decimal numbers in descending order.

'Arranging Decimals: Largest First' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 2

Year:  Year 5 Maths worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Number: Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

Curriculum subtopic:   Use up to Three Decimal Places

Difficulty level:  

Worksheet Overview

In this worksheet, arrange numbers in order, placing the largest first.  

This is known as descending or decreasing order.

 

Example

Put the numbers in order, largest first.

4.2
 
2
 
4.8
 
1.1
 
5.6
 

 

 

 

Answer

5.6 is the largest as 5 is the largest ones digit.

Then we compare 4.2 and 4.8, which both have the next largest ones digit.  We compare the tenths digits to see that 4.8 is larger than 4.2.

The next largest number is 2 or 2.0.

The smallest number is 1.1.

 

5.6
 
4.8
 
4.2
 
2
 
1.1
 

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