The Value of Digits to Ten Millions
Maths: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 5.1.1
Comparing Numbers up to 10,000,000
You need to look at the place value within numbers to compare and order numbers.
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Some are easy to compare
- It is easy to see that 1,384,678 is smaller than 9,945,273.
- You know 9,945,273 is bigger than 1,384,678 because the millions digit is greater in 9,945,273.
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Some are harder to compare
- You need to look at more than one column to compare some numbers.
- You need to look at the 'hundred thousands' column to compare these numbers.
- You need to look at the 'hundred thousands' column because the millions one is the same.
- 3,421,374 is larger because 3,421,374 has 4 'hundred thousands' compared to 3 'hundred thousands' in 3,354,834.
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Greater than, less than, equal to
- You can use symbols to compare numbers.
- '<' means 'is less than'.
- '>' means ' is greater than'.
- '=' means 'is equal to'.
Greater Than, Less Than and Equal to
You can use symbols to compare numbers.
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Greater than, less than, equal to
- '<' means 'is less than'.
- '>' means ' is greater than'.
- '=' means 'is equal to'.
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'Is less than' examples
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'Is greater than' examples
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'Is equal to' examples
Test yourself on The Value of Digits to Ten Millions
Which of the following relations is true?
Which of the following relations is true?
Which of the following relations is true?
What does 4,124,614 < 8,324,631 mean?
What does 2,523,837 > 923,623 mean?