COMPARING AND ORDERING WHOLE NUMBERS WORKSHEET

1. Compare the whole numbers 3 and 6.

2. Compare the whole numbers 6 and 9.

3. Compare the whole numbers 625 and 628 and find which one is greater.

4. Compare the whole numbers 870 and 869 and find which one is greater.

5. Order the whole numbers 12, 5, 9, 6, 1, 3 from least to greatest.

6. In 2010, Sacramento, California, received 23 inches in annual precipitation. In 2011, the city received 17 inches in annual precipitation. In which year was there more precipitation ?

7. John recorded the following golf scores during his first week at a golf academy. In golf, a lower score beats a higher score.

Graph John’s scores on the number line, and then list the numbers in order from least to greatest.

8. Write the follwoing quantites in order beginning with the smallest :

a)  One hundred and three dollars, $130, $113

b)  Wendy 118 cm, Xiao 109 cm, Sarah 126 cm, Kylie 116 cm

c)  Giraffe 674 kg, hippopotanus 1872 kg, elephant 3058 kg, rhinoceros 2156 kg

d)  Cologne 157 m, Rome 138 m, Milan 107 m, Salisbury 123 m

e) $4100, fourteen pounds, four thousand pounds, forty thousand pounds, fourteen thousand pounds.

9. Use all the digits 4, 2 and 5 once only to write the smallest number you can.

1. Answer :

Let us locate the two whole numbers 3 and 6 on a number line and mark them. 

Here, 6 comes to the right of 3.

Therefore 6 is greater than 3.

And 3 comes to the left of 6.

Therefore 3 is smaller than 6.

2. Answer :

Let us locate the two whole numbers 6 and 9 on a number line and mark them. 

Here, 9 comes to the right of 6.

Therefore 9 is greater than 6.

And 6 comes to the left of 9.

Therefore 6 is smaller than 9.

3. Answer :

Since the given numbers are three digit numbers, instead of using number line, we can compare the given numbers by comparing the digits in hundreds place, tens place and ones place.

In 625 and 628, we have the same digit in hundreds place and tens place. So compare the digits in tens place.

The digit in one place of 625 is 5 and 628 is 8.

Since 8 is greater than 5, 628 is greater than 625.

4. Answer :

We can compare the given numbers by comparing the digits in hundreds place, tens place and ones place.

In 870 and 869, we have the same digit in hundred place.

The digit in tens place of 870 is 7 and 869 is 6.

Since 7 is greater than 6, 870 is greater than 869.

5. Answer :

Let us locate the whole numbers 12, 5, 9, 6, 1, 3 on a number line and mark them. 

From the above number line, write the whole numbers from left to right to list them in order from least to greatest.

Thus, we get

1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 12

6. Answer :

Locate the two whole numbers 23 and 17 on a number line and mark them.

23 is to the right of 17 on the number line.

This means that 23 is greater than 17.

We can write the above situation in terms of inequality as 23 > 17.

17 is to the left of 23 on the number line.

This means that 17 is less than 23.

We can write the above situation in terms of inequality as 17 < 23.

There was more precipitation in 2010.

7. Answer :

Step 1 :

Graph the scores on the number line.

Step 2 :

Read from left to right to list the scores in order from least to greatest.

The scores listed from least to greatest are

0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 12

8. Answer :

a)  One hundred and three dollars, $130, $113

Converting into numbers,

$103, $130, $113

Arrange from smallest, we get

$103, $113, $130

b)  Wendy 118 cm, Xiao 109 cm, Sarah 126 cm, Kylie 116 cm

Converting into numbers,

118, 109, 126, 116

Arrange from smallest, we get

109, 116, 118, 126

Xiao, Kylie, Wendy, Sarah

c)  Giraffe 674 kg, hippopotanus 1872 kg, elephant 3058 kg, rhinoceros 2156 kg

Converting into numbers,

674, 1872, 2156, 3058

Arrange from smallest, we get

674, 1872, 2156, 3058

Giraffe, hippopotanus, rhinoceros, elephant

d)  Cologne 157 m, Rome 138 m, Milan 107 m, Salisbury 123 m

Converting into numbers,

157, 138, 107, 123

Arrange from smallest, we get

107, 123, 138, 157

Milan , Salisbury, Rome, Cologne

e) $4100, fourteen pounds, four thousand pounds, forty thousand pounds, fourteen thousand pounds.

Converting into numbers,

4100, 14, 4000, 40000, 14000

Arrange from smallest, we get

14, 4000, 4100, 14000, 40000

Use all the digits 4, 2 and 5 once only to write the smallest number you can.

9. Answer :

To create the small number, we have to fix the smaller number.

245 is the smallest number creating with the digits 2, 4 and 5.

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