Math · Stage 1
Bigger, smaller, in order: compare and order numbers to 1000
Compare and order numbers to 1000 (greater, smaller, greatest, smallest, make the greatest and smallest number from digit cards).
✦ Math📘 Stage 1 · S1⏱ ~9 min🧒 Ages 5–6★ Free to start
compare and order numbers to 1000 (greater, smaller, greatest, smallest, make the greatest and smallest number from digit cards)
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Who has more stickers?
At the school fair, Ayu counts 348 stickers. Her friend Budi counts 384 stickers. Ayu says, My last digit is 8, so I win! Budi smiles and says, Look at the hundreds first. Who really has more, and which place tells us? By the end I can compare and order numbers to 1000 and make the greatest and smallest number from digit cards.
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What your child will learn
1Warm up with places
2Words we will use
3Two piles side by side
4Stack the digits in a chart
5Estimate, check, then write the sign
6Put numbers in a line
7Sort cards and find what fits between
8Build the greatest number
9What about the zero card?
10Challenge: numbers to 10 000
11Fix four wrong ideas
12Check your thinking
13Digit card race
14I can compare and order
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A peek inside
Ayu has 348 stickers and Budi has 384 stickers. Which is greater, and which place decides?
Hundreds: 3 and 3 match, so move right.<br>Tens: 4 and 8 differ, so the tens decide.<br>The ones digit 8 in 348 does not matter, because the tens decided.<br>8 tens are more than 4 tens, so 384 > 348. The tens decide and 384 is greater.
Try this at home: Ayu has 348 stickers and Budi has 384 stickers. Which is greater, and which place decides?
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