5th Grade
California Standard Addressed
Number
Sense
Fifth
Grade
1.1 Estimate, round, & manipulate
very large…numbers.
Objectives
Know how to compare numbers up
to hundred thousand
 Be able to put a group of numbers
in order from greatest to least or
least to greatest

Vocabulary
Greater than (>) – a symbol used to
show numbers greater than another
 Less than (<) – a symbol used to
show numbers less than another
 Equals (=) a symbol used to show
numbers having the same value

How to compare numbers
1
2
3
If numbers
Compare at
are the same
Line up the highest
numbers place value go to next digit
to the right
12,391
8,971
13,762
12,391
8,971
13,762
12,391
8,971
13,762
Remember! The hungry alligator
always eats the largest number.
Write < > or =
53,931 < 54,931
Write < > or =
53,931 > 4,931
Write < > or =
183,359 > 94,931
Write < > or =
89,359 < 194,931
Write < > or =
1,077,000 > 107,900
Write < > or =
984,789 = 984,789
Write < > or =
112,349 < 112,449
Write < > or =
Five thousand
< 50,000
Write < > or =
3 hundreds 6 tens
> 306
Write < > or =
1,000+700+3 < 1,730
If you know how to compare
numbers, you know how to put
them in order
Put these numbers in order
from greatest to least
1,730 14 569 9,271
2
4
3
1
Put these numbers in order from
greatest to least
35,872 36,872 569 9
2
1
3
4
Put these numbers in order from
least to greatest
145,872 6,872 569 91
4
3
2
1
Put these numbers in order from
least to greatest
5,872 5,832 5,991 910
3
2
4
1
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