Practice- Compare Whole Numbers WP

Practice- Compare Whole Numbers WP

Open Ended

Which genres at Danny's Book did NOT sell better than Science?

# of sales less than Science :

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​ Science - 41,843

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Biography -41,834 and Humor - 14,843

Open Ended

Which genres at Danny's Book sold better than Biography?

# of sales more than Biography :

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​ Biography - 41,834

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Science- 41,843

Fantasy - 42,843

Fiction- 48,143

Open Ended

Celia bought 3 bags of 4 hamburger buns and 3 bags of 8 hot dog buns. How hamburger and hot dog buns did Celia buy?

​Total # of buns

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​hamburgers buns - 3 x 4 = 12 or 4 + 4 + 4 = 12

​hot dog buns- 3 x 8 = 24 or 8 + 8 + 8 = 24

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​hamburgers buns + hot dogs buns = total

​12 + 24 = 36 buns

Open Ended

Write a number for which you would use the hundreds place to compare 35,712.

hundreds to place to compare - 35,712

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​less than 35,712 - 35,100; 35,200 ; 35,300 ; 35,400 ; 35,500; 35,600

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more than 35,712 - ​35, 800; ​35,900

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Open Ended

The Illinoian Stage began about 300,000 years ago. The Wolstonian Stage began 352,000 years ago. Compare 300,000 to 352,000.

Compare 300,000 to 352,000.​

​300,000 < 352,000 or 352,000 > ​300,000

Open Ended

An orchard in Maine has 5,287 apple trees.  An orchard in Vermont has 5,729 trees. Use <, > or =  to write a comparison between the number of trees in each orchard.

Compare 5,287 to 5,729 ​

​5,287 < 5,729 or 5,729 > 5,287

Open Ended

In 2010, the population of Alaska was 710,231. Write this number in expanded form.

710,231 in EXPANDED FORM

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​700,000 + 10,000 + 200 + 30 + 1

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Open Ended

In 2010, the population of Alaska 710,231. Write this number in number name.

710,231 in NUMBER NAME

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seven hundred ten thousand, two hundred thirty-one

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Open Ended

Explain how you know 437,160 is greater than 43,716.  

Explain how you know 437,160 is greater than 43,716.  

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​I can look at the number of digits in each. The number with more digits is always the greater number.