Ordering Decimals
- Set up a table with the decimal point in the same place for each number.
- Put in each number.
- Fill in the empty squares with zeros.
- Compare using the first column on the left.
- If the digits are equal move to the next column to the right until one number wins.
Is 0.2 or 0.22 greater?
However, the distance between two consecutive numbers keeps getting smaller. In fact, it gets 10 times smaller each time. So 0.222 is 10 times closer to 0.22 as 0.22 is to 0.2, and so on.
What is an example of ordering decimals?
Answer: Ordering these decimals from least to greatest we get: 0.5621, 0.5629, 0.6521. In the examples above, the decimals in each problem had the same number of digits. ... From least to greatest, we get: 0.6010, 6.010, 6.100. Answer: Ordering these decimals from least to greatest we get: 0.601, 6.01, 6.1.
