Comparing numbers
Compare integers
Compare positive or negative integers with <, > or =, using a focused digit width, numbers from 1 to 20, or selected mixed widths.
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Compare arithmetic expressions
Evaluate a short arithmetic expression on each side, then compare the results. Practice one operation, opposite operators, a full addition-and-subtraction mix or all four operations.
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Calculate each side separately. Compare the two results and write <, > or =. The selected number limit applies to the displayed operands; an addition result may be larger than that limit.
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Mixed addition and subtraction
Twenty expression comparisons include five each of addition/addition, subtraction/subtraction, addition/subtraction and subtraction/addition. Every subtraction has a nonnegative result.
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What this activity builds
Treat each side as a complete value and separate calculation accuracy from the choice of comparison sign.
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Which sign belongs in 18 + 9 __ 20 + 7?
18 + 9 = 20 + 7.
Both sides total 27. Each displayed operand is at most 25, but a sum can exceed 25. Moving 2 from one addend to the other also explains why the totals are equal.
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- Use the default addition setting with operands up to 25 before mixing operations. The opposite-operators setting puts addition on one side and subtraction on the other; mixed addition and subtraction also includes same-operator pairs.
- Write the two calculated values below the expressions when a learner confuses calculation errors with comparison errors.
- The all-four-operations option includes multiplication and division as advanced extensions. Choose it only when those operations are familiar; the Grade 2 connection concerns the foundational addition/subtraction practice.
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