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This elementary school math tutorial from NutshellMath offers introductory homework help on comparing and ordering decimals. Decimals are numbers whose place values extend to the right of the decimal point. The place values to the right of the decimal point are read from left to right, starting with the tenths, then the hundredths, and the thousandths place and on. When looking at groups of decimals, it is important to know how to compare them and place them in order from least to greatest value.
This tutorial offers several steps to use when comparing several decimals. The first step is to write the numbers, lining up the places. The easiest way to do this is to first line up the decimal points. The other places in the decimals will line up from left to right. If one decimal has more places to the right, it is possible to add zeros to the end of the shorter decimals to make them all the same length. Comparison in decimals is from left to right. Compare each place value, and identify the first place from left to right that any two decimals are different, and determine which is greater. Often in groups of several decimals, one may need to compare two decimals to determine the least and next least, or the greatest and second greatest. If necessary, re-write small groups of the decimals to compare them more easily. When all decimals have been compared, re-write the decimals in order from least to greatest.
The steps and examples presented in this tutorial should aid understanding of decimals, and how to compare and order them. These skills are important in understanding place value of numbers. This tutorial should also offer help for homework problems involving ordering groups of decimals, or determining which decimal is greater between two.
This elementary school math tutorial from NutshellMath offers introductory homework help on comparing and ordering decimals. Decimals are numbers whose place values extend to the right of the decimal point. The place values to the right of the decimal point are read from left to right, starting with the tenths, then the hundredths, and the thousandths place and on. When looking at groups of decimals, it is important to know how to compare them and place them in order from least to greatest value.
This tutorial offers several steps to use when comparing several decimals. The first step is to write the numbers, lining up the places. The easiest way to do this is to first line up the decimal points. The other places in the decimals will line up from left to right. If one decimal has more places to the right, it is possible to add zeros to the end of the shorter decimals to make them all the same length. Comparison in decimals is from left to right. Compare each place value, and identify the first place from left to right that any two decimals are different, and determine which is greater. Often in groups of several decimals, one may need to compare two decimals to determine the least and next least, or the greatest and second greatest. If necessary, re-write small groups of the decimals to compare them more easily. When all decimals have been compared, re-write the decimals in order from least to greatest.
The steps and examples presented in this tutorial should aid understanding of decimals, and how to compare and order them. These skills are important in understanding place value of numbers. This tutorial should also offer help for homework problems involving ordering groups of decimals, or determining which decimal is greater between two.