Take decimal place value from confusing to confidence-building with this exciting card game!

The Decimal Place Value “War” Card Game is a fast-paced and engaging way to help students master decimal place value.

Designed to target decimals to the tenths, hundredths, and thousandths through fun and repetition, this hands-on math center keeps learners practicing greater than/less than comparisons... without the boredom of traditional worksheets.

Whether you’re introducing decimals or reviewing for a test, this interactive game makes decimal place value meaningful, memorable, and fun.

What’s Included in the Decimal Place Value “War” Card Game Set:

• 9 color-coded sets of decimal place value comparison cards
• Decimal values from units through thousandths
• Instructions for how to play the card game
• Coordinating deck labels for each decimal set
• 1 printable comparing decimal place values worksheet for individual reinforcement
• 1 full-page answer key for quick checking
  

Perfect for math centers, early finishers, spiral review, or substitute plans! Print on card stock or laminate for long-term use, and use scrapbook paper backs for extra color and card opacity.

Skills Addressed through the Decimal Place Value Card Game:

Primary Academic Skills:

• Comparing decimal place values: Students practice identifying and comparing decimals to the tenths, hundredths, and thousandths places.
  
• Greater than/less than/equal to comparisons: Reinforces symbol use and place value logic with decimals.
  
• Understanding number magnitude: Helps students recognize how small differences in digits affect overall value.
  
• Reading and interpreting decimals: Supports fluency in reading decimals out loud and understanding their meaning.
  

Secondary Skills (Life Skills & SEL):

• Turn-taking and good sportsmanship: Encourages respectful peer interaction in competitive settings.
  
• Visual scanning and quick thinking: Improves attention to detail and speed in identifying greater values.
  
• Confidence with decimals: Builds fluency with decimal place value through repetition in a low-stress, game-based format.
  
• Cooperative play and peer discussion: Supports social-emotional development through shared learning.
  
• Math flexibility and persistence: Teaches kids to reason, adapt, and try again when decimals get tricky.
  

How to Play the Decimal Place Value “War” Card Game:

1. Deal the cards evenly between two players. Each keeps their deck face down.
2. Both players flip their top card at the same time.
3. Compare the decimals. Whoever has the greater value keeps both cards and places them at the bottom of their stack.
4. If the cards are equal, it's WAR! Players each place three cards face down and flip a fourth. Highest decimal wins the entire pile.
5. Keep playing until one player runs out of cards or time runs out. The player with the most cards wins!
   

How and Where to Use the Decimal Place Value Game:

• Math centers and rotations: Add this greater than/less than decimal place value game to your math station for engaging review.
  
• Small group instruction or RTI: Reinforce decimal place value during guided math groups or interventions.
  
• Substitute plans that require no prep: Simply print and play... your students stay on task and learning with decimals.
  
• Early finisher bins: Let students revisit decimal place value independently while having fun.
  
• Homeschool math time: Makes decimal practice more enjoyable and less intimidating with built-in repetition.
  
• Special education or ELL support: Visual format and repeated exposure help all learners build number confidence.
  
• Test prep or spiral review: Target decimal place value before benchmark tests with this hands-on game.
  

Standards Alignment:

✔ Common Core Math Standards:

• 4.NF.C.7: Compare decimals to hundredths using symbols and visual models
• 5.NBT.A.3b: Compare two decimals to thousandths based on meanings of digits
• 5.NBT.A.4: Use place value understanding to round decimals
• 6.NS.C.7: Understand ordering and absolute value of rational numbers
  

✔ Texas TEKS:

• MA.4.2.G: Represent and compare decimals to the hundredths place
• MA.5.2.B: Compare and order decimals using place value understanding
  

✔ Virginia SOLs:

• 4.3b: Compare and order decimals through thousandths
  

Check out what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Joleen M. wrote, “Students like being able to collaborate and move. This gives them the opportunity to choose a partner and work where they want...that alone makes it a win. They prefer over a worksheet or IXL any day! Thanks for this option. Being a non-digital native, makes my life much easier!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jessie L. wrote, “This game was a fun way to practice math skills during my tutoring session.”

This isn’t just a game... it’s your new favorite way to teach decimal place value!

From whole numbers to the thousandths place, your students will practice, play, and grow their decimal confidence with every card they flip.

✨ Add the Decimal War Card Game to your math center collection today!

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