Completing a Comparison Number Sentence Worksheet Download
This worksheet shows a comparison sentence with one side left blank, such as 8,325 is less than the blank, and asks which of four numbers makes it true. The blank sits on the left as often as on the right, and the symbol is greater than as often as less than, so a student who reads the symbol but not the position of the blank gets exactly half of them wrong. All four choices sit inside the same thousands block as the given number, so the comparison has to run down to the hundreds, tens or ones instead of being settled by a leading digit. Where other sheets give two numbers and ask for the symbol between them, this one gives the symbol and asks for the number.
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About this worksheet
Students choose which of four numbers can be placed in the blank to make a comparison sentence true.
Student objectives
- Choose a number that makes a comparison sentence true
- Use place value to compare numbers that share their leading digits
- Notice whether the blank sits on the left or the right of the symbol
- Compare whole numbers up to 100,000
Everyday practice
- Check whether a price is under the amount you have to spend
- Compare two stadium attendance figures to see which was bigger
- Decide whether a game score beat the previous high score
- Compare distances on road signs to see which town is closer