WALT Compare numbers I can compare numerals I

WALT: Compare numbers. - I can compare numerals. - I can use a strategy to help me show which number would be more and which one is less. - I know the meaning of symbols in comparing numbers.

On your whiteboards draw the numbers and use the symbols < > = to compare them. Explain which column on a place value grid you would look at to help you decide which number is bigger and smaller.

Whose number is the smallest? 2 3 4 2 4 3 Hundreds Tens Ones 3 2 4 Hundreds Tens Ones Mo’s number is the smallest TTYP: How did we know that Mo’s number is the smallest?

Which number is the greatest? TTYP: What happens if the hundreds number is the same. What could we do next? 5 2 6 5 2 8 Hundreds Tens Ones Hundreds 528 is the greatest Tens Ones

Use the symbols for more than or less than to complete the comparison. 1) 20 _____ 30 2) 40 _____ 6 tens Use greater than or less than to complete the comparisons. 3) 500 is _____ 3 hundreds 4) 40 is ______ 4 hundred

Complete Task 1 and 2 in your books.

Miss Archer bought three jars of sweets. She explained to Mrs Hunt that Jar A had 450 sweets and Jar C had 550 sweets. She said that Jar B had more sweets than Jar A but less than Jar C.

Mrs Hunt made an estimate of how many sweets Jar B contained. TTYP: What could Mrs Hunt do? What are all the possible answers? 450 550

382 203 three hundred and eighty-two 100 + 5 Have a think

What could the missing digits be? 1 72 2 219 353 0 1 2 35 3

Complete task 3 to 5 in your books.