Lesson 5: Comparing Decimals

Wrapping Up

Conclusion

Now that you've worked with decimals to thousandths, you're ready to move on to rounding numbers ranging from millions to thousandths. You'll practice this skill in the next lesson.

Questions to Discuss

Ask your child to write the following decimal numbers: five hundred six thousandths; fifty-six thousandths (0.506, 0.056)
Which of these decimals is greater? (0.506)
Write 0.378 on a piece of paper, and ask your child to read it aloud: "three hundred seventy-eight thousandths."

Things to Review

Review the steps for comparing whole numbers and decimals

Learning Gates

Take the Learning Gates quiz for this lesson.