Compare with >, =, <

Compare numbers to 10,000 by thousands, then hundreds, tens, and ones.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 6

Which is greater, 4,382 or 4,328? Start with the biggest place: the thousands.
Both have 4 thousands and 3 hundreds. Look at the tens: 8 tens is more than 2 tens, so 4,382 is greater.
The open side of the symbol always faces the bigger number.
A four-digit number is always greater than a three-digit number. 1,005 is greater than 999!

Georgia's K-12 Mathematics Standards:

3.NR.1.2 — Use place value reasoning to compare multi-digit numbers up to 10,000, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.