Decimal places

Decimal places

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This task is about ordering decimal numbers from smallest to largest.

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a)  Drag the four numbers below into order from smallest to largest.
  • one-point-four-one.png
  • one-point-one-four.png
  • one-point-zero-one.png
  • one-point-one-one.png

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b)  Drag the four decimal numbers below into order from smallest to largest.
  • two-point-four.png
  • two-point-three-six-six.png
  • two-point-five-six.png
  • two-point-two-seven.png

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c) i) Drag the digits and decimal point to make the smallest 2-place decimal number that is greater than 1.
  • number-four.png
  • decimal-point.png
  • number-one
  • number-zero

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c) ii) Drag the digits and decimal point to make decimal number that is closest to 3.
  • number-one
  • number-four
  • number-zero
  • decimal-point
Task administration: 
This task can be completed online only and has auto marking displayed to students.
  • This task assesses students' ability to order numbers up to 3 decimal places.
  • This assessment activity is suitable for working with individual students or for observing a group of students working independently.
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Number and Algebra, Number Knowledge
Keywords: 
decimals, ordering numbers, decimal places, place value
Description of task: 
This practical task requires students to order numbers with 2 decimal places from smallest to largest using digit cards. New numbers with 2 decimal places are then created with the digit cards.
Answers/responses: 
a)   1.01, 1.11, 1.14, 1.41
b)   2.27, 2.366, 2.4, 2.56
c) i)
ii)

1.04
4.01