1. 0.8 0.5 0.125 0.65 Examples: Reading, Writing and Comparing Decimals
Decimals are a way to show parts of a whole.
Examples:
0.8
0.5
0.125
0.65

2. Place Value Puzzle Ten Thousandths Tens Hundredths Ten Thousands
Hundreds
Hundred Thousands
Ten Thousandths
Tens
Hundredths
Ten Thousands
Thousands
Millions
Tenths
Ones

3. Moving Around with Place Values
Ten Thousandths
Thousandths
Hundredths
Tenths
Ones
Tens
Hundreds
Thousands
Ten Thousands
Hundred Thousands
Millions

4. Name the underlined place value. 1.) 8.457 2.) 2.97
Let's look at the place value chart.
Name the underlined place value.
1.) 8.457 2.) 2.97
3.)  4.) 3.09

5. Reading Decimals Read the number before the decimal point.
Say “and” when you get to the decimal.
Read the number after the decimal.
Say the name of the place that the decimal 
ends in.

6. How do we write or say decimals numbers?
Write the following in word form.
1.) 2.93 ________________________________________________
2.) _______________________________________________
3.) ______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
4.) ____________________________________________

7. Write each number in standard form.
1.) forty-five hundredths __________________
2.) three and two hundred eighty-four thousandths ________
3.) twenty-eight ten-thousandths _________________
4.) four and eighteen thousandths ________________
5.) seventeen and thirty thousand five hundred eight millionths ________________

8. Equivalent Decimals: Name the same amount.
1.4 = 1.40 = 1.400
Compare and Order Decimal Numbers
Review:
- Name an equivalent decimal for 0.20 _______________
- Name an equivalent decimal for _____________

9. 0.75 0.9 Which decimal is smaller? Use < or >.
Remember the 
mouth opens to the 
larger number
Method 1: Using a grid
0.75
0.9
method 1:

10. 1.9 1.35 1 2 Which decimal is smaller? Use < or >.
Method 2: Using a number line. 2 1

11. 3.09 3.145 Which decimal is smaller? Use < or >.
Method 3: Compare each place value
1.) You must compare decimals with the same number of 
place values.
2.) Rewrite the numbers vertically lining up the decimal 
points.
3.) Add zeros to fill in missing place values.
4.) Compare each place value, starting with the place value 
to the left.

12. Compare using <,>, or =.
Demonstrate understanding
Compare using <,>, or =.
______   ________ 2.08
_______   ________34.5
5.) ________  6.) _______5.08

13. LEAST _____, ______, _____, _____ Greatest
Write the numbers in order form least to greatest. It 
is helpful to write the numbers vertically.
1.) 4.09  4.9   4.89
LEAST _____, ______, _____, _____ Greatest
2.)  3   3.78 2.078 3.078
Least ____, ____, ____, ____, ____ Greatest
3.) 5.6 5.66 5.606 5.06 5.006
LEAST ____, ____, ____, ____, ____ Greatest

14. Circle the smallest decimal
Circle the greatest decimal.
1.) 3.09 3.90 3.009 
2.) 0.23  2.03 0.32
3.) 8.012 8.12 8.2
Circle the smallest decimal
4.) 7.4 7.04 7.44 7.404
5.) 3.14 3.04 3.41 3.4
6.) 11 10.4 10.05 10.006