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Comparing Numbers with Symbols

Compare the numbers and use > for greater than, < for less than, or = for equal to. Think about the tens first, then the ones.

Choose the symbol

1.Compare 27 and 19. Write the correct symbol: 27 19

2.Compare 46 and 46. Write the correct symbol: 46 46

3.Compare 18 and 31. Write the correct symbol: 18 31

4.Compare 72 and 65. Write the correct symbol: 72 65

5.Compare 39 and 53. Write the correct symbol: 39 53

6.Compare 88 and 88. Write the correct symbol: 88 88

Select the correct symbol

7.Which symbol makes this number sentence true? 54 ___ 61

8.Which symbol belongs between 93 and 93?

9.Which symbol makes 68 ___ 42 correct?

Compare numbers on a number line

10.Use the number line to compare 25 and 40. Write the correct symbol: 25 40

11.Use the number line to compare 45 and 30. Write the correct symbol: 45 30

12.Use the number line to compare 35 and 35. Write the correct symbol: 35 35

13.Draw a number line from 70 to 80 and mark 72, 76 and 79. Then write the three numbers from smallest to largest, using < between them.

Number comparisons in everyday life

14.Isla has 36 shells. Layla has 49 shells. Who has more shells? Write a number sentence to show your comparison.

15.Tick every number sentence that is true.

63 > 57
28 < 41
74 = 74
86 < 68
91 > 96

Number puzzles and explanations

16.Choose a whole number that makes this true: 42 < ___ < 48

17.Choose a whole number that makes this true: 67 > ___ > 62

18.Write a number that makes this number sentence true: ___ = 85

19.Match each number sentence to its meaning: 71 > 38; 24 < 56; 62 = 62. Meanings: twenty-four is less than fifty-six; sixty-two is equal to sixty-two; seventy-one is greater than thirty-eight.