Comparing & Ordering Larger Numbers

Key Signs to Remember Greater than < Less than > Equal to =

The Batting Line-up Batter 1: Compare the place values in the thousands Batter 2: Compare hundreds (if needed) Batter 3: Compare tens (if needed) Batter 4: Compare ones (if needed)

Who had more RBIs? Reggie JacksonWillie Mays ThousandsHundredsTensOnes 1702 ThousandsHundredsTensOnes 1903 Start with the thousands place value… 1,000 ____1,000

Who had more RBIs? Reggie JacksonWillie Mays ThousandsHundredsTensOnes 1702 ThousandsHundredsTensOnes 1903 Move to the hundreds place value… 700 ____900 Since 700 is ____900, who had more RBIs?

Who had more RBIs? Alex RodriquezVladimir Guerrero ThousandsHundredsTensOnes 1482 ThousandsHundredsTensOnes 1162 Start with the thousands place value… 1,000 ____1,000

Who had more RBIs? Alex RodriquezVladimir Guerrero ThousandsHundredsTensOnes 1482 ThousandsHundredsTensOnes 1162 Move to the hundreds place value… 400 ____100

Who had more RBIs? Joe DiMaggioJeff Bagwell ThousandsHundredsTensOnes 1537 ThousandsHundredsTensOnes 1529 Start with the thousands place value… 1,000 ____1,000

Who had more RBIs? Joe DiMaggioJeff Bagwell ThousandsHundredsTensOnes 1537 ThousandsHundredsTensOnes 1529 Move to the hundreds place value… 500 ____500 Now what?

Who had more RBIs? Joe DiMaggioJeff Bagwell ThousandsHundredsTensOnes 1537 ThousandsHundredsTensOnes 1529 Move to the tens place value… 30 ____20 Who had more?

Who had more career hits? Barry BondsRoberto Clemente ThousandsHundredsTensOnes 2931 ThousandsHundredsTensOnes 3000 You tell me, how do we figure this out?

Who had more career strikeouts? Roger ClemensRandy Johnson ThousandsHundredsTensOnes 4668 ThousandsHundredsTensOnes 4616 You tell me, how do we figure this out?

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Part 2: Ordering numbers

Average Fan Attendance Angels Ten- Thousand ThousandHundre d Ten s Ones Ten- Thousand ThousandHundredTensOnes Start with the ten-thousands place value… Red Sox Yankees Ten- Thousand ThousandHundredTensOnes 52641

Average Fan Attendance Yankees Angels Red Sox Ten- Thousand ThousandHundredTensOnes Ten- Thousand ThousandHundredTensOnes Ten- Thousand ThousandHundredTensOnes 52641

You try … Ten-ThousandThousandHundredTensOnes Ten-ThousandThousandHundredTensOnes Ten-ThousandThousandHundredTensOnes DodgersMets Padres