Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Dewey Decimal System for Ordering Decimals
The Dewey Decimal System is used in libraries all around the world. The foundation of this system is based upon ordering decimals.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers
Given a problem situation, the student will compare and order integers, percents, positive and negative fractions and decimals with or without a calculator.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Order Decimals
Order 3 decimals with digits up to the thousandths from least to greatest. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Comparison of Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Order fractions, decimals, and percents by comparing them in the same form.
PBS
Pbs: Who Won?: Comparing Decimals to the Thousandths Place
To figure out who won the race you have to compare their times. This interactive exercise focuses on using what you know about ordering decimals, number lines and rounding to the tenths place and then asks you to think about what numbers...
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Skill in Arithmetic: The Meaning of Decimals
This website from The Math Page explains and defines decimals.
Learning Wave Communications
Learning Wave: Decimals
This resource contains several links that lead to discussions on several topics of decimals, including converting and comparing with fractions, rounding, estimating, and basic operations. Each page includes examples and some sample...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Comparing Decimals Wider Isn't Always Larger
In this activity, students learn to compare and order decimals. They learn to measure decimals by using the Number Line application.
Lesson Tutor
Lesson Tutor: Comparing Decimals
This site is an online lesson plan and practice problems for students learning how to compare two decimal values are provided here. A detailed explanation of both the methods and the practice questions are provided for easy understanding.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 5.nbt Comparing Decimals on the Number Line
This task presents four pairs of decimal numbers and asks students to compare them and place them on number lines. Aligns with 5.NBT.A.3.
The Math League
The Math League: Decimals, Whole Numbers and Exponents
This tutorial has definitions and examples of decimals, whole numbers, and exponents. In addition, a variety of topics are covered, such as comparing, multiplying and subtracting.
Primary Resources
Primary Resources: Decimals
A large collection of teacher resources dealing with decimals at many different levels. There are worksheets, PowerPoints, smartboard presentations, Excel, Word, and pdf files for the teacher's use.
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Number: Order Decimals and Fractions
Students learn about the concept of ordering fractions and decimals by exploring a tutorial. They can then test their knowledge by taking a ten question assessment that increases in difficulty as they correctly answer questions.
Math Slice
Math Slice: Ordering Game
Sequencing skills are the focus of this interactive game. You must be able to put fractions, decimals, whole numbers, and negative numbers in correct order to win and make the train move down the tracks. Immediate feedback given to...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Husky Sled: Decimals and Percentages
On this interactive site students learn to express hundredths as fractions and decimals, place decimals in ascending order, and represent simple fractions and decimals as percents.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Lining Up the Decimals
This lesson plan provides a chance for the students to order decimals from least to greatest and greatest to least. The numbers are based on a student's ability. This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 3 Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers
Use Glencoe's Math Course 3 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of comparing and ordering rational numbers. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Positive and Negative Fraction and Decimal Comparison Grade 7
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Compare and order decimals and fractions.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Positive and Negative Fraction and Decimal Comparison Grade 6
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Compare and order positive and negative fractions and decimals.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Determine Which Set of Decimals Is Correctly Ordered by Value
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to compare decimals by looking at the value of the digits in each place value to determine the order. The video is followed by a series of...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Where Does That Fall on the Number Line?
Where does five-thirds belong on a number line? What about 1.61? Students apply their knowledge of fractions and decimals in order to compare and order fractions and decimals.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 5.nbt Placing Thousandths on the Number Line
This task asks students to order decimal numbers to the thousandths on a number line between 0 and 0.1. Aligns with 5.NBT.A.3.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Ordering and Computing With Negative Fractions and Decimals
This lesson plan allows students to practice comparing and ordering rational numbers on a number line as well as computing with fractions and decimals. It provides an assessment plan and attachments for the lesson's activities.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Comparison of Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Compare and order rational numbers