Compare decimalsHundredths
Name: Date:
Write >, =, or < between each pair of decimals.
17.216.05
27.43.68
33.43.40
45.694.82
51.713.00
63.38.16
73.73.70
82.97.48
99.971.21
109.79.70
Comparing decimals worksheets
Comparing decimals catches the classic trap — thinking 0.45 is bigger than 0.5 because it has more digits. These free printable worksheets drill the place-value comparison that fixes it.
If they get stuck
Comparing decimals
The answer key prints on a separate page.
What's on this sheet
The child writes the greater-than, equals, or less-than sign between two decimals. Pairs run to thousandths and often differ in length (0.7 and 0.65), and some are equal written two ways (0.5 = 0.50) — exactly the trailing-zero idea the skill is really about. Comparison is done by place value, never by counting digits.
Why this sheet works
Choose tenths, hundredths, or thousandths for the difficulty.
How this one works
One question from a sheet like this one, worked a step at a time — with a sentence saying what just happened and why.
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