Comparing and Ordering Numbers: Grade 4 math

What this covers

Comparing and Ordering Numbers is taught in Grade 4 (age 9 to 10) as a topic to introduce. It sits in the Number strand.

Worked example

Difficulty scale

The sheet generator offers five difficulty settings for this topic.

1. Comparing two numbers up to 20 using words (greater than, less than)
2. Using <, >, and = for numbers up to 100
3. Ordering three or four numbers up to 1,000
4. Ordering up to five numbers up to 100,000
5. Ordering mixed positive/negative integers or multi-digit numbers past 1,000,000

Common mistakes

• Interpreting the inequality sign backwards by confusing the wider mouth with smaller values
• Assuming a number starting with a larger digit is always bigger regardless of total digit length

Curriculum links

Indicative matches to Common Core State Standards. Check wording and codes against the official document.

• 4.NBT.A.2 Read, write, and compare multi-digit whole numbers using base-ten numerals and place value.