Transcript Comparing and Ordering Numbers

Vocabulary
Greater than (>) – a symbol used to
show numbers greater than another
 Less than (<) – a symbol used to
show numbers less than another
 Equals (=) a symbol used to show
numbers having the same value
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How to compare numbers
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If numbers
Compare at
are the same
Line up the highest
numbers place value go to next digit
to the right
12,391
8,971
13,762
2
12,391
8,971
13,762
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12,391
8,971
13,762
Remember! The hungry alligator
always eats the largest number.
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Write < > or =
53,931 < 54,931
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Write < > or =
53,931 > 4,931
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Write < > or =
183,359 > 94,931
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Write < > or =
89,359 < 194,931
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Write < > or =
1,077
>
107
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Write < > or =
1,789 = 1,789
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Write < > or =
2,349 < 2,449
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Write < > or =
Five thousand
< 50,000
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Write < > or =
3 hundreds 6 tens
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> 306
Write < > or =
1,000+700+3 <
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1,730
If you know how to compare
numbers, you know how to put
them in order
Put these numbers in order
from greatest to least
1,730 14 569 9,271
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4
3
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Put these numbers in order from
greatest to least
35,872 36,872 569 9
2
1
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4
Put these numbers in order from
least to greatest
145,872 6,872 569 91
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3
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1
Put these numbers in order from
least to greatest
5,872 5,832 5,991 910
3
2
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1