1-7 Order Numbers

The table shows the

length of three whales.
Which whale is the
MAIN IDEA
longest? Which is
I will use a number the shortest?
line and place value to
order numbers through
ten thousands.
Standard 3NS1.2 Comparing numbers can help you to order numbers.
Compare and
order numbers to Real-World EXAMPLE Order Least to Greatest
10,000.
1 MEASUREMENT Order the lengths from least to
greatest.

One Way: Use a Number Line

264 744 1,128

200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1,000 1,100 1,200
264 < 744 < 1,128

Another Way: Use a Place Value Chart

Line up the numbers by their

Thousands

Hundreds

place value. Compare from

the left.
Ones
Tens

2 6 4
1 thousand is the
greatest number.
1 1 2 8
7 hundreds > 2 hundreds 7 4 4

The order is 264 inches, 744 inches, and 1,128 inches.

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