The ideas in this place value lesson are taken from the place value ebook that I sell at MathMammoth.com. Only a few examples of each problem type are shown; you should make more problems of each kind for the student.

Comparing within 0-1000
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Which is more? Circle the number that is more.

	OR
3 hundreds 3 tens 6 ones = 336		1 hundred 6 tens 3 ones = 163

	OR
__ hundreds __ tens __ ones = ___		__ hundreds __ tens __ ones = ___

Do we first compare
how many HUNDREDS the numbers have or
how many TENS the numbers have or
how many ONES the numbers have?

We compare first the ______________________.
For example, 652 is less than 701, because 652 has less hundreds than 701.
If the numbers have the same amount of hundreds,
then we compare the _____________

For example, 652 is greater than 639 because though it has the same amount
of hundreds, it has more ________ than 639.
If the numbers have the same amount of hundreds AND the same amount
of tens, then we compare the _____________.

For example, 652 is less than 655 because though it has the same amount
of hundreds and the same amount of tens, it has more _________.

Remember, the open end or open mouth of the symbols < and > ALWAYS
points to the bigger number.

Example problem types

1. For each number, draw big squares to represent the hundreds, sticks to represent the tens, and dots to represent the ones. Then write either < or > in between the two numbers.


145		154


234		194

160

170

244

424

404

244

112

211

2. Mark the numbers on the number line. Then write them in order.

513, 530, 489, 468, 596, 606, 560, 466, 506, 516

[number line available in the ebook]

____ < ____ < ____ < ____ < ____ < ____ < ____ < ____ < ____ < ____

810, 725, 799, 802, 843, 795, 810, 801, 866, 829

[number line available in the ebook]

____ < ____ < ____ < ____ < ____ < ____ < ____ < ____ < ____ < ____

3. Write either < or > in between the numbers.

[a]

159 < 300

200 190

400 499

[b]

212 284

312 231

759 394

[c]

150 < 515

240 750

500 499

[d]

412 284

153 315

232 302

4. Write a number that is in between the two given numbers. Note there are many possibilities!

140 < ___ < 149

267 < ___ < 289

279 < ___ < 290

568 < ___ < 654

799 < ___ < 804

156 < ___ < 158

5. Arrange the number triplets in order.

a) 140, 156, 149 140 < 149 < 156		b) 239, 286, 133
c) 109, 901, 199		d) 717, 175, 177

6. Find your way through the maze! The rules are: you can move either left, right, or down, provided that the number following is BIGGER than the number in the square you're in.

100	121	127	133	167	189	200	214	212	398
145	166	134	135	120	230	212	256	347	405
156	167	137	156	155	226	356	378	380	407
632	234	138	246	267	278	476	477	450	417
432	256	200	250	245	300	355	487	478	456
355	253	289	244	305	303	570	569	490	453
361	385	377	367	356	301	537	566	505	498
689	654	390	480	478	488	675	507	508	689
654	543	489	488	483	577	589	609	504	769
723	566	570	589	578	734	631	616	789	1000

7. Compare the expressions and write <, >, or =.

300 + 60 + 5	365	300 + 4	300 + 40

8 + 600	60 + 800	30 + 300 + 5	90 + 8 + 100

40 + 4 + 600	20 + 800	30 + 7 + 700	700 + 70 + 3

8. Write numbers on empty lines so that the comparisons are true. For some problems there are many possible answers.

750 + ___	>	757	645	=	600 + 5 + ___

___ + 4	=	304	2 + __ + 100	=	152

__ + 60	<	500 + 60	30 + __	>	40 + ___

MYSTERY NUMBERS (all numbers are less than 100)
a) It is the same whether you read it from left to right or from right to left. It is less than 100, but more than 92.	b) The digits of this number add up to 9. It is more than 50 but less than 60.
e) It is less than 10. If you double it, you get a number that is more than 10, but you won't get 14, 18, or 12.	f) It is less than 15 but more than 9. If you count by fives from this number, you will eventually hit 36.

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