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Compare decimal numbers.
Compare decimal numbers
Numihana · England Year 5
Compare decimal numbers
Practice sheet
Name: ______________
Date: ______________
Compare decimal numbers
80.288 96.321 — choose the correct sign.
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16.712 82.634 — choose the correct sign.
Answer: < / = / >
11.670 5.567 — choose the correct sign.
Answer: < / = / >
28.310 96.509 — choose the correct sign.
Answer: < / = / >
11.392 63.303 — choose the correct sign.
Answer: < / = / >
Numihana · England Year 5
Compare decimal numbers
Answer key
Name: ______________
Date: ______________
Compare decimal numbers
6.181 57.958 — choose the correct sign.
Answer: <
80.288 96.321 — choose the correct sign.
Answer: <
16.712 82.634 — choose the correct sign.
Answer: <
11.670 5.567 — choose the correct sign.
Answer: >
28.310 96.509 — choose the correct sign.
Answer: <
11.392 63.303 — choose the correct sign.
Answer: <
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Compare decimal numbers
Department for Education: mathematics programmes of study ↗
Year 5 → Number → Fractions (including decimals and percentages) · Selected statutory skill. Pack 2.2.0 · source checked 2026-10-12.
For teachers and parents
Compare whole parts, then tenths, hundredths and thousandths where shown. Trailing zeros do not change a value.
A common slip
Compare equal place values rather than the number of written digits.
Worked example
34.277 12.797 — choose the correct sign.
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Compare whole parts, then tenths, hundredths and thousandths where shown. Trailing zeros do not change a value.