Ordering & Comparing Numbers Over 1,000
Maths: Year 3 & 4 National Curriculum, topic 5.1.5
Ordering and Comparing Numbers Over 1,000
In order to compare and order numbers, we need to look at the place value within the numbers.
Comparing numbers
- Some numbers are easy to compare.
- For example, 5,422 and 9,310
- We know that when we compare these numbers that 9,945 is larger because the thousands digit is greater.
Looking at two columns
- To compare some numbers, we need to look at more than one column.
- For example, 1,652 and 1,673.
- To compare these numbers, we need to look at the tens digit, as both the thousands and hundreds one is the same.
- 652 is smaller than 673 because the tens digit is smaller.
Ordering numbers
- Being able to compare numbers makes it easier for us to order them:
- Make sure you look at what order it is asking you to put it in:
- Biggest – the largest, greatest, biggest number goes first.
- Smallest – the least, smallest number goes first.
Test yourself on Ordering & Comparing Numbers Over 1,000
Order the numbers from smallest (1) to biggest (5)
Order the numbers from smallest (1) to biggest (5)