Comparing and

Ordering Decimals
Grade 4
Chapter 8 : Decimals (I)
Developed by : Asma Batool
 Mental Math

25 is more than 50 is ?
Take away 37 from 97?

How much we add in 850 to

make it 1000?
 Comparing Numbers
• Step 1: Look at the tenths place if the digits
are same move to.
• Step 2: Compare the hundredths place if the
digits are same move to step 3. If different
than the number with the bigger digit is
greater
• Step 3: Compare the thousands place if the
digits are same it means the no is identical,
if not the number with the bigger digit is the
greater number.
 Compare 5.342 & 5.384
Ones Tenths Hundredths Thousandth

5 ● 3 4 2

5 ● 3 8 4
Warm up stage:
 Compare

Compare 13 214 and 13 246

13 214 _____ 13 246
 Presentations stage
Now Compare a decimal
number

20.035 ____ 20.450

214.527 ____ 241.143
 Compare

10.243 and 12.025

10.243 ____ 10.025

88.95 ______88.35

432.381____432.388
Practice stage:
Arrange the numbers in ascending order.

1. 8.17
2. 6.205
3. 85.74
4. 47.274
5. 7.891
6. 9.999
Arrange the numbers in descending order.
1. 1.026

2. 9.099

3. 3.991

4. 9.56
 Circle the greatest number
1. 6573 6375 63075 7365 7635

2. 1010 1110 1100 1011 1111

3. 3982 3892 3928 3289 3298

4. 8878 8898 8876 8887 8889

 What is 0.01 less than 0.36
-0.01

0.3 0.31 0.32 0.33 0.34 0.36 0.37 0.38 0.39 0.4