Grade 3
Which price is less, $89 or $765?
$765
What is greater, $1,345 or $432?
$1,345
If you have $630 and $603, which one is smaller? How do you know?
$603 because there is a 3 in the tens place of 630 and a 0 in the tens place of 603. 3 is greater than 0, so 603 is smaller.
Compare these prices for two cell phones: $1,512 and $1,521. What can you say is the more expensive phone? How do you know this?
$1,521 is a more expensive price than $1,512. The digit 2 in the tens place is greater than the digit 1 in the tens place and the higher place values have the same digit.
Arrange the following prices in ascending order: $480, $410, $430.
$410, $430, $480 (in ascending order).
Put these prices in descending order: $5,030, $5,300, $5,250, $5,350
$5,350, $5,300, $5,250, $5,030
Put these prices in order from least to greatest: $120, $90, $150.
$90, $120, $150
What is the correct order for these prices, from least to greatest: $6,606, $660, $1,626, $606?
$606, $660, $1,626, $6,606
How would you read this statement:
236 < 449 > 63
236 is less than 449 and 449 is greater than 63
Is the following statement true or false?
1, 000 > 999 = 900 + 90
False. 999 is greater than 900+90 (990), not equal to.