comparing & ordering numbers2
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comparing and ordering numbersTRANSCRIPT
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
How to compare numbers
Line up thenumbers
Compare athighest
place value
If numbersare the same
go to next digitto the right
12,391 8,97113,762
12,391 8,97113,762
12,391 8,97113,762
1 2 3
Write < > or =
1,252 1,232>
The thousands & hundreds places are both the same, so move to the tens place.
What is the Error?
Sarah said that 6,850 is greater than 48,500 because 6 > 4. Tell me what her problem is.
Ordering NumbersChapter 2 Lesson 2
Begin by comparing the numbers like yesterday.
Look at the number in each of the largest place
values (LEFT)
If you know how to compare numbers, you know how to
put them in order
1,730 14 569 9,271
Put these numbers in order from greatest to least
12 34
Put these numbers in order from
least to greatest
5,872 5,832 5,991 1,910 5,010
5, 8725, 8325, 9911, 9105, 010