Place Value to 1,000: Comparing & Ordering

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Sample questions

1. Imagine you have base-ten blocks. Which number has more blocks than 345?

○ 321

✓ 354

○ 345

○ 299

Answer: 354 — Look at the hundreds, then tens, then ones place to find the number that is bigger.

2. Look at the numbers 567 and 576. If you put them on a place value chart, which number is smaller?

○ 576

○ They are the same.

✓ 567

○ 657

Answer: 567 — Start comparing from the hundreds place. If they are the same, move to the tens place.

3. Which symbol makes the statement true? 482 ___ 428

○ <

○ =

○ +

✓ >

Answer: > — Remember the alligator eats the bigger number!

Compare two 3-digit numbers using concrete models and place value charts.
Use comparison symbols (<, >, =) to compare numbers up to 1,000.
Order a set of three or more 3-digit numbers from least to greatest and greatest to least.
Identify number patterns involving counting by 1s, 10s, and 100s within 1,000.
Justify the best way to arrange a list of 3-digit house numbers for a mail carrier to deliver mail efficiently.

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