Comparing and ordering numbers
Compare and order two-digit numbers using the symbols >, =, and <, based on place value understanding
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“If you show your child the numbers 34, 67, and 21, can they put them in order from smallest to largest — and use the symbols > or < correctly?”
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- Activity. Compare and order two-digit numbers using the symbols >, =, and <, based on place value understanding
What to notice. Correctly place > or < between 34 and 43 • Order a set of two-digit numbers from smallest to largest • Explain a comparison by referring to the tens digit first, then ones
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If you show your child the numbers 34, 67, and 21, can they put them in order from smallest to largest — and use the symbols > or < correctly?
Compare and order two-digit numbers using the symbols >, =, and <, based on place value understanding
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- Correctly place > or < between 34 and 43
- Order a set of two-digit numbers from smallest to largest
- Explain a comparison by referring to the tens digit first, then ones
“If you show your child the numbers 34, 67, and 21, can they put them in order from smallest to largest — and use the symbols > or < correctly?”
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- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Number Representation & Place Value
- Age range
- Ages 6–7
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