3rd Grade
Comparing and Ordering
Numbers
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Created by
Barbara Fugitt
Texarkana ISD
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Vocabulary
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• Place value - The value of a place of a digit in a
number.
• Digits - Any one of the tens symbols 0, 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 used to write numbers.
• Greater Than (>) - A symbol used to compare two
numbers, with the greater number given first.
Example: 8 > 6
• Less Than (<) - A symbol used to compare two
numbers, with the lesser number given first.
Example: 6 < 8
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Vocabulary
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• Equal (=) - Two numbers or number
sentences being alike in value on either
side.
• Compare - To examine 2 or more objects or
people to find out how they are alike and
how they are different.
• Ordering - To put numbers or objects in a
specific order. Example: listing from
greatest to least or least to greatest.
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Comparing Numbers
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• Comparing numbers means to show one
number is more than, less than, or equal to
another number.
• We use symbols to show the relationship.
> = Greater than
< = Less than
= means equal to
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Think of the signs like the
mouth of an alligator. The
alligator is greedy and always
eats the larger number.
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58 > 4
25
Greater than symbol
No matter which way he faces,
he still wants to eat the bigger
number.
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25 < 58
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Less than symbol
When two numbers are the
same, you will use the equal
sign to compare them.
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25 = 25
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Lets try some!
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16 < 25
155
> 130
1,275 > 1,105
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5,607 < 7,902
335 < 675
Ordering Numbers
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• Ordering numbers is putting numbers in a
given order, either from least to greatest or
greatest to least.
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• 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 is listed from least to greatest.
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• 11, 9, 7, 3, 1 is listed from greatest to least.
Ordering Numbers
• Lets put these numbers in
order from least to greatest.
• To put these in order, start in
the hundreds place.
• Look at the 5, 3, and 7. Out
of those three numbers,
which is the smallest?
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The 3 is the smallest number,
therefore 365 is the smallest
number.
536
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365
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725
Ordering Numbers
• We see that 365 is the
smallest number.
• Now lets compare the 5 and
the 7.
• Which one of these two is
smaller?
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The 5 is the smallest number out
of the two, therefore 536 is the
next smallest number in the set.
536
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365
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725
Ordering Numbers
• We see that 365 is the
smallest number.
• We see that 536 is the middle
number.
• Therefore, which is the
largest number?
• How would we list them?
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The 725 is the largest number.
536
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365
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725
We would list them as 365, 536, 725.
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Lets try one.
Put these numbers in order from
least to greatest.
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536, 126, 227
126, 227, 536
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Lets try one.
Put these numbers in order from
greatest to least.
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2,603; 5,892; 1,879
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5,892; 2,603; 1,879
Which one belongs in the middle?
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A.136
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C. 102
B. 256
D. 302
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