Comparing

and Ordering
Numbers
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Plastic Bottle Drive
Two groups of youth
volunteers of Linis Kalikasan
joined in the barangay Plastic
bottle drive. The group of
boys gathered 576 kilos of
plastic bottles and the group
of girls gathered 587 kilos of
plastic bottle. Who among the
volunteers gathered the
most?
 ’ s st u dy !
Let
Both numbers have the same number of digits so we start comparing
in the digits in the highest place value, which is the hundreds.

576 587
5 = 5
=, read as is equal to
 ’ s st u dy !
Let
Since the digits in the hundreds are the same. We proceed by
comparing the digits in the next place value, the tens.

576 587
5 < 5
< , read as is less than
 ’ s st u dy !
Let
Since 7 < 8, then 576 <
587 or 587 > 576, where >
is read as is greater than.
Therefore, girls gathered
the most number of
newspaper .
COMPARING NUMBERS
12 987 < 13 987
95 998 > 95 087
40 098 = 40 098
 ’s s t u d y !
Let
Arrange the numbers 5 453, 5 232, 5 342 from least to greatest

Compare the
numbers two at a time
5 453 5 232
=
Compare 5 453 and
5 232. 5 453 > 5 232. >
 ’s s t u d y !
Let

Therefore: 5 232 < 5 342 < 5 453

The order from least to greatest

is 5 232, 5 342, 5 453
 ’s s t u d y !
Let

Therefore: 5 232 < 5 342 < 5 453

The order from least to greatest

is 5 232, 5 342, 5 453
ORDERING NUMBERS
To arrange the number in
increasing or decreasing order,
compare two numbers at a time.
Do the same procedure with the
other numbers to be arranged.
Then arrange the numbers
according to what is ordered.
NO TE !
Increasing Least to greatest

Greatest to least Decreasing