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Comparing Three-Digit Numbers Worksheets

CCSS 2.NBT.A.4
20 problems per set
Answer key included

What this skill is

Comparing three-digit numbers: hundreds first, then tens, then ones.

When it comes up: Second grade.

The mistake to watch for

Comparing from the right. Always start at the left, with the biggest place value.

How to help

Line the numbers up in a place-value chart and compare one column at a time, starting with the hundreds.

Next: Rounding in third grade.

A worked example

Compare 348 and 384. Hundreds: 3 and 3 are the same. Tens: 4 is less than 8, so 348 < 384. You never need to look at the ones.

Words to know

compare: To look at two things and decide which is bigger, smaller or the same.
hundred: Ten tens, written 100.
digit: One of the ten number symbols 0 to 9. The number 47 has two digits.
greater: Bigger in amount. 9 is greater than 4.
less: Smaller in amount. 4 is less than 9.

Practice

Write >, < or =.

Showing Set 1 · 20 problems

Write >, < or =: 506 ___ 594
Write >, < or =: 230 ___ 227
Write >, < or =: 125 ___ 136
Write >, < or =: 148 ___ 132
Write >, < or =: 218 ___ 210
Write >, < or =: 528 ___ 539
Write >, < or =: 912 ___ 971
Write >, < or =: 971 ___ 971
Write >, < or =: 943 ___ 938
Write >, < or =: 937 ___ 998
Write >, < or =: 503 ___ 598
Write >, < or =: 809 ___ 861
Write >, < or =: 857 ___ 838
Write >, < or =: 394 ___ 396
Write >, < or =: 211 ___ 217
Write >, < or =: 101 ___ 102
Write >, < or =: 592 ___ 564
Write >, < or =: 542 ___ 566
Write >, < or =: 241 ___ 224
Write >, < or =: 422 ___ 443

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