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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 1 2 3
Line up the
numbers
Compare at
highest
place value
If numbers
are the same
go to next digit
to the right
12,391
8,971
13,762
12,391
8,971
13,762
12,391
8,971
13,762
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3. 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 =
<
50,000
Five thousand
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Write < > or =
>
306
3 hundreds 6 tens
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Write < > or =
< 1,
1,730
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14. 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, ,271 2 4 3 1
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15. Put these numbers in order from greatest to least
35, , 2 1 3 4
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16. Put these numbers in order from least to greatest
145, , 4 3 2 1
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17. Put these numbers in order from least to greatest
5, , , 3 2 4 1
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