Comparing Numbers Lesson

Unit 4 Lesson 1

Comparing Numbers

Multiple Choice

How do you compare numbers?

• adding them together to see which is bigger

• decide whether different numbers are equal, less or more than the other

• You find the average biggest number in a set of numbers

• I Don't Know

In this unit we will be learning
how to compare numbers.
Comparing numbers means seeing
how they are alike and different.
Today’s worksheet is on the left
side of the screen. In the
worksheet you will be using
three different symbols to
compare the two different
numbers.
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To-Do

You will be using a
less than, greater
than, and equal to
sign to compare the
two different
numbers.

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Explain

The three symbols that you will use look like so:
<, >, =

Each of the three symbols above have names. The first is the
less than symbol, the second greater than and the third the
equal to sign. The less than sign means that the first number is
smaller than the second number. The greater than sign means
that the first number is bigger than the second number, and
the equal to sign means that both the first and second number
are the same.

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Examples:

Less than
183 < 254

Greater than
936 > 564

Equal to
423 = 423

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You Try

❏ 328 915
❏ 565 543
❏ 645 645

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Fill in the Blanks

Compare:

328 and 915

Type whether the first number is Greater, Less, Equal

Fill in the Blanks

Compare:

565 and 543

Type whether the first number is Greater, Less, Equal

Fill in the Blanks

Compare:

645 and 645

Type whether the first number is Greater, Less, Equal

End of Lesson;
Assignment located in
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