Comparing numbers practice

Order whole numbers

Order four distinct whole numbers in ascending or descending order, recording their digits in a six-column place-value grid.

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Read the direction for each task. Arrange all four numbers from least to greatest or greatest to least, then write one number per grid row with its digits in the correct place-value columns.

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Use successive place values to order several whole numbers and record each number in the correct direction.

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Order 305,420; 350,240; 305,402; and 350,204 from greatest to least.

350,240; 350,204; 305,420; 305,402.

The numbers beginning 350 thousand exceed those beginning 305 thousand. Within each pair, compare the remaining hundreds, tens and ones: 240 exceeds 204, and 420 exceeds 402. Each original number appears once in the finished order.

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Use a fixed digit width before selecting a mixture of three- through six-digit values.
Align ones in the rightmost column and leave unused leading places blank for shorter numbers.
Hiding endpoint labels does not change the task direction. Read the explicit ascending or descending instruction for every row set, especially when both directions appear on one page.

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