Compare and organise any integers (Learn)

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Compare and order whole numbers using place value and inequality symbols.

🙂 = Correct, ☹️ = Incorrect

📌 Rules

• Count the number of digits first: numbers with more digits are always greater than numbers with fewer digits.

• If the digit counts are equal, start comparing from the leftmost column with the highest place value.

• Move column by column to the right until you find digits that are different to decide which number is larger.

💡 Tips

• Line up your numbers vertically by place value columns to make comparing them much easier.

• Check whether the question asks for ascending order (smallest to largest) or descending order (largest to smallest).

• Our platform keeps typing quick and simple by using plain digits only, so there is no need to add any spaces or commas when typing numbers like 1500000.

⚠️ Warnings

• Do not just look at the starting digit: 95000 is smaller than 120000 because 120000 has more digits.

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368 386

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Compare the numbers and use the Less than and Greater than symbols to indicate which numbers are bigger and which are smaller. If all the digits are the same, the numbers are equal (=).

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3,698 3,689

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4,681,000 4,981,999

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12,876,548 12,875,548

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99,878,999 99,795,520

Select the missing digits to make the statements correct.

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301 > 30_

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1,245 = 1,_45

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_3,669 <23,669

Compare the distance between cities and answer the sentences below.

London to Vienna: 1,484 km
London to Athens: 3,150 km
London to Madrid: one thousand seven hundred twenty kilometres
London to Porto: 2,030 km
London to Berlin: one thousand ninety-four kilometres
London to Prague: 1,281 km

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Select the shortest distance.

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Select the longest distance.

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Compare the distances between London to Vienna and London to Madrid and select the longer distance.

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Compare the distances between London to Prague and London to Porto and select the shorter distance.

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Compare the distances between London to Athens and London to Madrid and select the shorter distance.

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Compare the distances between London to Vienna and London to Prague and select the longer distance.

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Compare the distances between London to Prague and London to Berlin and select the longer distance.

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