Starter quiz
- Look at these numbers. Select the number which is smallest.
- 1,340
- 1,430
- 10,043
- 1,034
- 134 ✓
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- Look at these numbers. Select the number which is greatest.
- 1,340
- 1,430
- 10,043 ✓
- 1,034
- 134
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- Look at these numbers. Which number is smallest?
- 1,340
- 1,430
- 1,043
- 1,034 ✓
- 1,134
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- Look at these numbers. Which number is greatest?
- 1,340
- 1,430 ✓
- 1,043
- 1,034
- 1,134
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- 509 people visited a museum on Friday. On Saturday, 529 people visited the museum and on Sunday 592 people visited. Which day saw the most visitors?
- 'Sunday' ✓
- Starting with the smallest, put these numbers in ascending order.
- 1⇔304
- 2⇔340
- 3⇔3,040
- 4⇔3,404
- 5⇔3,440
Exit quiz
- Fill in the missing inequality symbol (< or >) 4,130,590 ______ 413,590
- '>' ✓
- Fill in the missing inequality symbol (< or >) 4,130,590 ______ 4,103,590
- '>' ✓
- The mass of a tiger is about 310,000 g. A hippopotamus is about 1,300,000 g and a killer whale is about 3,628,000 g. Which animal is the heaviest?
- Tiger
- Hippopotamus
- Killer whale ✓
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- On Monday, 8,034,420 children went to school in England. On Tuesday 8,043,420 children went to school. On Wednesday 8,043,240 children went to school. On which day did the most children attend school?
- Monday
- Tuesday ✓
- Wednesday
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- Starting with the smallest, put these numbers in ascending order.
- 1⇔3,140
- 2⇔314,401
- 3⇔341,401
- 4⇔3,140,401
- 5⇔3,410,401
- Starting with the largest, put these numbers in descending order.
- 1⇔7,920,003
- 2⇔6,920,003
- 3⇔6,902,030
- 4⇔6,902,003
- 5⇔692,003
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The number of digits can help when ordering numbers - usually the more digits, the greater the number.
- When comparing numbers, the greatest value digit that is different determines the greater number.
- The stem sentence: 'the value of the digit in the ___ column is ___’ supports us to compare numbers.
Common misconception
Children may think that the greater value number is the one that starts with the greater value digit even if the number has fewer digits overall.
When comparing numbers, compare the value of the digits not the digits themselves. If both numbers have the same amount of digits, so we need to compare the largest place value digit that is different.
Keywords
Compare - When we compare numbers, we determine whether a number is smaller than, greater than or equal to another according to similarities and differences in their values.
Inequality - An inequality compares values and is used to show that one number is not equal to another. The symbols < and > are used to indicate less than (<) or more than (>).
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