Basic 5Mathematics18 min

Compare and Round Decimals

A athletics meet compares race times written as decimals and rounds them for the scoreboard.

Put the race times in order.

Three runners have times written as 0.758, 73%, and 5/8 of a minute. Convert them to one form before ordering.

Compare and Round Decimals illustration

A athletics meet compares race times written as decimals and rounds them for the scoreboard.

Order 5/8, 73%, and 0.758.

  1. 5/8 = 0.625, 73% = 0.73, and 0.758 stays 0.758.
  2. The order from least to greatest is 5/8, 73%, 0.758.