1. Ordering Numbers Lesson 3-4 CCSS 4.NBT.2
Literature Link: How Much is a Million by David Schwartz

2. MATH Essential Questions
What kind of experiences help develop number sense?
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3. MATH Essential Questions
How do digit values change as they are moved around in large numbers?
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4. MATH Essential Questions
What determines the value of a digit?
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5. Warm Up
Write these numbers in standard form.
Fourteen thousand two hundred ten
30, ,
70, ,
Three hundred seventy two thousand nine hundred eighty three

6. Think and Write
When might you need to order numbers in your everyday life?

7. Vocabulary
Order: To write numbers in order from least to greatest or greatest to least.
Greatest: Largest, biggest
Least: Smallest
Largest: Greatest, biggest
Fewest: Smallest, Littlest

8. Ordering Numbers Put these numbers in order from least to greatest.
4, , ,875
16, , ,451
816, , ,219

9. Ordering Numbers
List these numbers from greatest to least.
56, , ,871
309, , ,310
724, , ,716

10. Player Name Total Yards
Problem 1
Order the rushing yards from least to greatest.
2013 NFL Rushing Yards
Player Name
Total Yards
LeSean McCoy
1,607
Alfred Morris
1,275
Jamaal Charles
1,287
Matt Forte
1,339

11. Problem 2
Order the numbers of wild tigers for each type from least to greatest.
Tiger
Number in Wild
Bengal
1,781
Sumatran
472
Siberian
378
Indochinese
312

12. Wrap Up
In this lesson, you learned that numbers can be compared by looking at the place values of their digits.
Numbers can be ordered from greatest to least using greater than and less than signs.
For homework – 3-4 Practice if you understand this lesson or 3-4 Reteaching if you would like more practice.
Website for Practice - place_value.htm