Comparing and Ordering Numbers for Young Learners

What is the rule of thumb for comparing numbers with different digits?

• Both numbers are equal.

• The number with more digits is bigger.

• The number with fewer digits is bigger.

• Compare the last digit of both numbers.

When comparing numbers with the same number of digits, which place value should you compare first?

• The hundreds place

• The tens place

• The ones place

• The largest place value

If two numbers have the same digit at the largest place value, what should you do next?

• Ignore the numbers

• Compare the smallest place value

• Declare the numbers equal

• Compare the next largest place value

Which number is smaller: 78,967 or 90,909?

• Cannot be determined

• Both are equal

• 90,909

• 78,967

What is the smallest three-digit number?

• 110

• 101

• 999

• 100

What is the largest four-digit number?

• 999

• 1000

• 10000

• 9999

What do you get if you add one to the largest two-digit number?

• 100

• 101

• 99

• 98

To form the largest number from given digits, where should you place the largest digit?

• At the ones place

• At the largest place value

• At the hundreds place

• At the tens place

What is the largest number you can form using the digits 8, 7, 5, and 3 without repeating any digit?

• 5378

• 7853

• 3578

• 8753

What is the smallest number you can form using the digits 3, 5, 7, and 8 without repeating any digit?

• 5378

• 3578

• 8753

• 7853