1. Ordering Decimals and Whole Numbers

2. Put the following numbers in order from least to greatest.
14.025
2.25
4.025
4.205

3. Least = Smallest
Greatest = Biggest

4. 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.

5. Step 1: make a list of blanks to put your numbers on, then label the least and greatest blanks.
14.025
(Least) 1 1
2.25 2 2
4.025 3 3
4.205 4 4
(Greatest)

6. Next, look at your whole numbers.
14.025
(Least)
2.25
4.025
4.205
(Greatest)

7. Look at the number in the tenths place.
2.25
(Least)
4.025
4.025
14.025
4.205
4.205
(Greatest)

8. Look at the number in the tenths place.
0 is smaller than 2, so comes first.
2.25
(Least)
4.025
14.025
4.205
(Greatest)

9. The numbers are now in order from least to greatest, or smallest to biggest.
2.25
(Least)
4.025
4.205
14.025
(Greatest)

10. If you need to put them in order from greatest to least, then flip the order.
2.25
(Least)
(Greatest)
4.025
4.205
14.025
(Greatest)
(Least)

11. What if I have decimals with different place values?
This number has four decimal places. For all the other numbers, add zeros to the end so that they also have 4 decimal places.
2.023
2.02
2.0235
2.0230
2.0200

12. Try a couple on your own!

13. Put the following in order from least to greatest.
ANSWER:
2.068
2.68
3.75
12.6
2.68
12.6
2.068
3.75

14. Put the following in order from greatest to least.
ANSWER:
568.9
56.89
50.689
5.689
56.89
5.689
568.9
50.689

15. Put the following in order from least to greatest.
ANSWER:
0.0063
0.306
0.36
0.63
0.36
0.306
0.63
0.0063