Grade 5 Comparing Numbers worksheets
Comparing decimals to thousandths and comparing large whole numbers up to millions.
- Compare decimals to thousandths (>, <, =)
Related standards: 5.NBT.A.3b
- Compare large whole numbers to millions (>, <, =)
Related standards: 4.NBT.A.2
How the skills build
Compare decimals to thousandths comes first and highlights traps such as 0.5 and 0.45, where the longer decimal is not larger. Compare large whole numbers to millions extends the Grade 4 sheet.
Using these worksheets
- Warm-up
Use the decimal sheet as a three-minute opener and ask children to write each pair on a place-value chart.
Related standards
- 5.NBT.A.3b: Compare two decimals to thousandths using >, =, <.
- 4.NBT.A.2: Read, write and compare multi-digit whole numbers (to 1,000,000).
Common Core–informed practice; not a claim of official alignment.