Comparing and Ordering Decimals Mastery
An interactive lesson on screen. Your child works through worked examples, practises on their own, then tests themselves with questions that get harder as they go.
About this lesson
By the end of this lesson your child can read any decimal, compare two of them, and put a mixed list in order, whether it has one decimal place or four. They stop counting digits and start reading place value, which is the single thing that decides these questions.
Topics covered:
- Numbers between whole numbers, using coins to see what sits between £1 and £2
- Tenths, reading and writing the first decimal place
- Hundredths and thousandths, going further past the decimal point
- Equivalent decimals, why 0.7 and 0.70 are the same value
- Comparing two decimals, lining up place value column by column
- Ordering decimals, putting a mixed list smallest first or largest first
- Decimals with whole numbers, ordering values that cross a whole, for example 65, 6.5 and 0.65
Your child works through this lesson on any screen. They click to reveal each step of a worked example, try the practice questions on paper, then click to check their own answer.
How it's structured:
- Each unit opens with a worked example your child clicks through line by line, then practice questions colour-coded easy, medium and hard
- 104 questions in total, each with a click-to-reveal answer and a reveal-all option
- A final 20-question mixed challenge pulling from all 7 units, the way decimals actually show up on an exam paper
Four interactive tools your child can play with. A coin tray that shows 160p and £1.60 as the same amount in the same place value columns. A hundred square that shades tenths and hundredths. A number line your child zooms into again and again, past hundredths and thousandths, to see there is always another number in between. And a card sort for putting five decimals in order. This is where 0.45 stops looking bigger than 0.6.
Use this if:
- Your child is in Year 4 to Year 11 and decimals still feel like a guess
- You're preparing for the 11+, where ordering decimals comes up on nearly every paper
- Your child is doing GCSE Foundation and place value errors keep costing them marks
- You want a resource your child can check their own work with, not one more thing on your to-do list
Built by an experienced maths teacher with over 3,000 hours of one-to-one tutoring experience and a Master's in Education.
Format: Interactive digital lesson, link sent by email straight after purchase.
Suitable for: Year 4 to Year 11, 11+, KS2, KS3, KS4, GCSE Foundation.
Who this is for
Built for students who want to practise independently, at their own pace, with clear examples and instant feedback rather than a static worksheet.
What's included
Worked examples
See the method explained step by step before trying it yourself.
Guided practice
Work through questions with answers hidden until you're ready to check.
Exam-style questions
Split easy to hard, so your child is always working at the right level.
How it works
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FAQs
How do I access the lesson?
You'll get an email with your lesson link as soon as payment goes through. Click it to open the lesson in any browser, no login and no app to install.
How does the marking work?
There's no typing answers into a box. Your child works it out on paper, then clicks to reveal the correct answer and checks their own work. Full working is shown too, not just the final answer, so mistakes are easy to spot.
Does it work on a phone or tablet?
It works best on a tablet or laptop, where there's more room to read the examples and questions. It'll open on a phone too, but the text and diagrams can feel quite small on a smaller screen.
Can I use the lesson more than once?
Yes. There's no limit on how many times you open the link, so it's there for revision right up to the exam.
What if I lose the link or don't get the email?
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