2.NBT.4/NUMBERS AND OPERATIONS IN BASE TEN
MATH DOMAIN
Grade 2
Math Cluster
Understand
place value.
2.NBT.4/NUMBERS AND OPERATIONS IN BASE TEN
August 2013
Math Standard
Mathematic Practices
2.NBT.4 Compare two
three-digit numbers
based on meanings of
the hundreds, tens, and
ones digits, using the
symbols for greater than,
equal, and less than to
record the results of
comparisons.
2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
4. Model with mathematics.
5. Use appropriate tools strategically.
6. Attend to precision.
7. Look for and make use of structure.
8. Look for and express regularity in repeated
reasoning.
Reporting Standard
Base Ten: Understands place value and
base-10 models to 1000.
Trimester 1
Trimester 2
Trimester 3
Taught to
mastery
(tested)
Review
(tested)
Review
(tested)
Task Analysis
1.NBT.3 Compare two two-digit numbers based on meanings of the tens and ones digits,
recording the results of comparisons with the symbols for greater than, equal , and less than.
Learning Tasks:
 When comparing numbers, digits are assessed from hundreds first, then tens, and ones.
2.NBT.4 Compare two three-digit numbers based on meanings of the hundreds, tens, and
ones digits, using the symbols for greater than, equal, and less than to record the results of
comparisons.
Vocabulary
Prior
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Compare
Greater than, >
Explicit
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Compare
Greater than, >
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Less than, <
Equal to, =
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Less than, <
Equal to, =
2.NBT.4 Sample Assessment Items earning a “3” in the reporting system
 Compare the numbers and use the symbol <, >, or =.
 Compare the numbers use the <, >, or = symbols with the numbers below.
156_____516
102______201
 90+ 200 + 3 ______ 146
 one hundred twenty-five_______ two hundred fifteen
 Sarah has 725 beads. Anna has 452 beads. Who has the least number of beads?
Assessment Rubric
1
No evidence of a strategy.
2
Evidence that the student used a correct strategy but answered incorrectly. OR The
student answered correctly with no evidence of strategy.
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3
Evidence that the student used a correct strategy, and correct equation, and answered
correctly.
4
On a level 4 question: Evidence that the student used a correct strategy, and correct
equation, and answered correctly.
1.NBT.4 Sample Assessment Items earning a “4” in the reporting system
 Jose read online that for $5 he could send away for two thousand, five hundred three
cards. On another website, he saw that he could buy two thousand, fifty-three cards
for $5. Jose wanted to buy the larger amount of cards.

Write the number telling how many cards he bought.

Write in expanded notation how many cards he bought.
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