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Grade 4 Math · World 1: Place Value Peaks · Level 7
Compare with > and <
Compare numbers to 999,999 place by place.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 7
- Which is greater, 482,615 or 482,165? Line them up and start with the biggest place.
- The hundred thousands, ten thousands, and thousands match. In the hundreds place, 6 is more than 1, so 482,615 is greater.
- The open side of the symbol always faces the bigger number.
- A six-digit number is always greater than a five-digit number. 100,001 is greater than 99,999!
Georgia's K-12 Mathematics Standards:
- 4.NR.1.3 — Use place value reasoning to represent, compare, and order multi-digit numbers, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.