Compare and Order Numbers to 100,000

1. Which representation is the greatest 4. Use the digit cards and clues to create
number? three 5-digit numbers and order them
from smallest to largest.
a. b. twenty-six
thousand,
21,000 6,400 20 three hundred 3 1 five 4 two
and five
The thousands digit is odd.
100 1,000
c. d. 18,900
1,000 The hundreds digit is one more than
10,000 1,000
1 1 the tens of thousands digit.
1,000
100 10,000 1,000 6,000
The tens and the ones digits are the
smallest numbers.
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2. Add the letters to make the statement 5. Louisa has ordered the following
correct. numbers in descending order.
a.
55,000 3,100 80
< <
b. fifty-six thousand, six hundred and
twenty-six
a. b. 1,000 1,000
thirty-seven 10,000 1,000
c. 2,500
thousand, one 1 10,000 1
hundred and six 100 10,000

100
46,101
1 1
d. 52,148
c.
33,000 1,400 11 Is Louisa correct? Explain your answer.
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3. Circle the number that would be third 6. Add four counters to the place value
when these numbers are placed in chart to make the statement still correct.
ascending order.

a. seventy-one b.
thousand, six 18,121 TTh T H T O
sixty-one
hundred and two thousand,

c. 1 d.
three
hundred and
>
100 10
10 12,000 twelve
10,000 1,000
100
1 10
100
10 1,000 100
8,300
Find three different possibilities.
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1. A
2. B, C, A
3. D
4. Various answers, for example: 35,421; 43,512, 43,521
5. Louisa is incorrect as C and D are in the wrong order. C totals 48,601 and so this should
be the final number after 52,148.
6. Various answers, for example: 57,518; 55,718; 56,429, 59,318

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