Ordering Decimals Word Problems

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Oliver is baking three different kinds of cookies. He uses 0.85 cups of sugar for chocolate chip cookies, 0.75 cups for oatmeal cookies, and 0.9 cups for peanut butter cookies. If he arranges the recipes from the one needing the least sugar to the one needing the most what would the order be?

• 0.9 (peanut butter), 0.85 (chocolate chip), 0.75 (oatmeal)

• 0.75 (oatmeal), 0.9 (peanut butter), 0.85 (chocolate chip)

• • 0.85 (chocolate chip), 0.9 (peanut butter), 0.75 (oatmeal)

• 0.75 (oatmeal), 0.85 (chocolate chip), 0.9 (peanut butter)

A chef weighed four spices: 0.57 grams, 0.52 grams, 0.68 grams, and 0.61 grams. Arrange the weights from lightest to heaviest.

• 0.61, 0.52, 0.57, 0.68

• 0.52, 0.57, 0.61, 0.68

• 0.52, 0.68, 0.57, 0.61

• 0.68, 0.61, 0.57, 0.52

Jason read for 1.45 hours, 1.35 hours, 1.42 hours, and 1.48 hours over the weekend. Order the times from shortest to longest.

• 1.45, 1.35, 1.48, 1.42

• 1.35, 1.45, 1.48, 1.42

• 1.35, 1.42, 1.45, 1.48

• 1.48, 1.45, 1.42, 1.35

Mia compared prices of fruit: $2.75, $2.57, $2.88, and $2.68. Arrange the prices from cheapest to most expensive.

• • 2.88, 2.75, 2.68, 2.57

• • 2.57, 2.68, 2.75, 2.88

• 2.57, 2.75, 2.88, 2.68

• 2.68, 2.57, 2.88, 2.75

A veterinarian records the weights of four cats for a checkup. The cats weigh 3.92 kg, 4.05 kg, 3.87 kg, and 4.1 kg. Arrange the weights from heaviest to lightest.

• 3.87, 3.92, 4.05, 4.1

• 4.05, 4.1, 3.92, 3.87

• 4.1, 4.05, 3.92, 3.87

• 4.1, 3.87, 4.05, 3.92

Four swimmers completed their races with the following times: 15.29 seconds, 15.3 seconds, 15.19 seconds, and 15.25 seconds. Arrange the times in order of fastest to slowest.

• 15.3, 15.29, 15.25, 15.19

• 15.19, 15.25, 15.29, 15.3

• 15.29, 15.3, 15.19, 15.25

• 15.25, 15.19, 15.3, 15.29

Four cockroaches finished a race. Their winning times are 9.42 seconds, 8.3 seconds, 9.2 seconds, and 8.17 seconds. Which shows the winning times written in order from least to greatest?

• 8.17 seconds, 8.3 seconds, 9.42 seconds, 9.2 seconds

• 9.42 seconds, 9.2 seconds, 8.3 seconds, 8.17 seconds

• 8.17 seconds, 8.3 seconds, 9.2 seconds, 9.42 seconds

• 9.42 seconds, 8.3 seconds, 9.2 seconds, 8.17 seconds

Ricardo and Brandon ran a 1500- meter race. Ricardo finished in 4.89 minutes. Brandon finished in 4.83 minutes. Who finished first?

• Ricardo

• Brandon