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Week 06 · Compare big numbers

Monday

Compare the hundreds
// Greater, less, 10 more and 100 more
⏱ about 15 min

Monday: Compare the hundreds

Oliver the Owl pushes his glasses up his beak.

"Bennie, I have a puzzle for you," he says.

"One basket has 412 berries. Another has 297 berries."

"Which basket has more?"

Bennie the Bear looks at the numbers carefully.

"Let us start with the biggest place," he says.

Learn it: look at the hundreds first

Bennie shows each number with blocks.

412 has 4 hundreds.

Base-ten blocks: 4 hundreds, 1 tens and 2 ones

297 has only 2 hundreds.

Base-ten blocks: 2 hundreds, 9 tens and 7 ones

Four hundreds is more than two hundreds.

So 412 is greater than 297.

We do not even need to look at the tens!

WHICH IS GREATER?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Which is greater, 412 or 297?
Which is greater, 538 or 609?
Which is greater, 185 or 801?
Which is greater, 760 or 499?
WHICH IS LESS?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Which is less, 342 or 243?
Which is less, 901 or 199?
Which is less, 375 or 573?
COMPARE THE BLOCKS
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Base-ten blocks: 3 hundreds, 4 tens and 7 onesWhich number is greater than the blocks?
Base-ten blocks: 8 hundreds, 3 tens and 0 onesWhich number is less than the blocks?
ORDER FROM LEAST TO GREATEST
  • Look at the hundreds digits.
  • Start with the least.
1Least
2Middle
3Greatest
SentenceTrue or false?
512 is greater than 498.?
301 is greater than 310.?
To compare, look at the hundreds first.?
WHY THIS EXERCISE301 and 310 have the same hundreds. 310 has more tens.
Try it
Pick two books with many pages.
Look at the last page number of each.
Which book has more pages? Compare the hundreds.
Draw blocks for 412 and 297. Circle the greater number.

Word Spot: made, many

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Made: M-A-D-E.

Many: M-A-N-Y.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
We ___ a paper boat.
There are ___ stars in the sky.

Great comparing! Tomorrow we learn the signs >, < and =.