Compare decimals: 4th grade math
Compare decimals to hundredths. A free 4th grade lesson plan, a question set with answers and a printable sheet with its key. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students can do this: compare decimals to hundredths.
Teach (10 min)
- To compare decimals, line up the dots and compare one place at a time.
- 0.5 is more than 0.45, because 5 tenths beats 4 tenths.
- Work one example on the board while students say each step aloud, then do one together.
Practise (15 min)
- Students work the printable sheet in pairs, then alone.
- Or practise it as a game with no sign-up: https://peabody.kids/math/decimals.compare?lesson=4-compare-decimals&at=4
Exit ticket (5 min)
- Three questions on a slip:
- 1. 9.7 ? 9.70
- 2. 9.30 ? 6.99
- 3. 2.1 ? 2.02
Question set
10 questions that read in words, easiest first. Questions that need a picture are on the printable sheet below.
- 9.7 ? 9.70
- 9.30 ? 6.99
- 2.1 ? 2.02
- 6.31 ? 5.98
- 5.85 ? 4.23
- 5.14 ? 5.02
- 8.6 ? 8.55
- 6.2 ? 6.16
- 5.3 ? 5.21
- 9.14 ? 8.81
Answers
- 9.7 = 9.70
- 9.30 > 6.99
- 2.1 > 2.02
- 6.31 > 5.98
- 5.85 > 4.23
- 5.14 > 5.02
- 8.6 > 8.55
- 6.2 > 6.16
- 5.3 > 5.21
- 9.14 > 8.81
Printable sheet
Name: ____________________ Date: ____________
Compare decimals (4th grade)
- 8.49 ? 6.42
- 5.07 ? 6.28
- 5.05 ? 9.04
- 4.92 ? 7.36
- 7.7 ? 7.64
- 9.4 ? 9.33
- 6.9 ? 6.88
- 3.31 ? 3.4
- 9.5 ? 9.42
- 5.35 ? 5.4
- 6.4 ? 6.32
- 6.53 ? 2.78
Key
- 8.49 > 6.42
- 5.07 < 6.28
- 5.05 < 9.04
- 4.92 < 7.36
- 7.7 > 7.64
- 9.4 > 9.33
- 6.9 > 6.88
- 3.31 < 3.4
- 9.5 > 9.42
- 5.35 < 5.4
- 6.4 > 6.32
- 6.53 > 2.78
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