Grade 5, Number sense
Compare and order to 1 000 000
Compare six-digit numbers with <, > and =, then put three in order.
Three levels
One skill, rising difficulty
Each sheet carries one level. The three are the same skill at rising difficulty, each named for what it practises.
- Level 1: Different leading digits
- Write <, > or = in the circle.
- Level 2: Close numbers
- Write <, > or = in the circle.
- Level 3: Order three numbers
- Write the numbers in order, from least to greatest.
Worked example
How the sheet explains it
The helper printed at the top of each sheet: one solved example and the steps a student follows, before the first question. Every number sentence in it is proven by the same checker as the answer key.
Level 1: Different leading digits
347 215 < 512 904
- Both numbers have the same number of digits, so start at the left with the hundred thousands.
- Compare the hundred thousands: 3 < 5.
- So 347 215 < 512 904.
Level 2: Close numbers
468 315 < 468 915
- Start at the left. The digits match until the hundreds. If every digit matches, write =.
- Compare the hundreds: 3 < 9.
- So 468 315 < 468 915.
Level 3: Order three numbers
316 204, 561 930, 342 478 316 204 < 342 478 < 561 930
- Look at the hundred thousands. 561 930 has the most hundred thousands, so it is the greatest.
- 316 204 and 342 478 have the same hundred thousands. Compare the ten thousands: 1 < 4.
- In order: 316 204 < 342 478 < 561 930.
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Reference sheets
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In the BC curriculum
Content standards
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- bc.math.5.c.1
The wording of each standard is on the Province's mathematics curriculum page.
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