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Compare the numbers: greater, less, or equal

Comparison practice that scales from single digits in Kindergarten to four-digit numbers by Grade 5, with the same clean layout throughout.

  • Answers are >, < or = and include genuine equal pairs
  • Number range follows the grade automatically
  • Up to 48 comparisons on a page
  • Matching answer key
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Compare the Numbers

Grade 1 · medium

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Take your time on each one. Neat work is easy to check.

1.14 ___ 2
2.11 ___ 17
3.6 ___ 16
4.13 ___ 4
5.10 ___ 2
6.8 ___ 3
7.12 ___ 11
8.13 ___ 17
9.13 ___ 0
10.5 ___ 11
11.19 ___ 15
12.4 ___ 16
13.12 ___ 0
14.19 ___ 14
15.1 ___ 18
16.2 ___ 6
17.14 ___ 0
18.10 ___ 14
19.4 ___ 14
20.4 ___ 11
21.15 ___ 16
22.1 ___ 2
23.1 ___ 5
24.8 ___ 0
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What’s on the sheet

  • Pairs of numbers with a box for >, < or =
  • Genuine equal pairs mixed in, not only greater and less
  • A number range that follows the grade, from single digits to four
  • A matching answer key

What each difficulty means

Difficulty is a real change to the numbers or the layout, not a label.

Gentle start

Compare within half the grade's range.

Just right

The full grade range for the chosen grade.

Extra challenge

Twice the grade range, for a stretch.

Grades this covers

Tap a grade you can use for a page of everything a child that age can practise here.

Equal pairs are what stop a child guessing

Give a child only greater-than and less-than answers and they can score fifty percent by guessing. They can score close to a hundred by noticing that the bigger-looking number tends to sit on the left.

Including genuine equal pairs breaks both strategies. A child has to actually read both numbers, which is the skill the sheet is supposed to practise.

Comparing is place value in disguise

Deciding whether 418 or 481 is larger is not a comparison skill; it is a place value skill wearing a comparison costume. That is why these sheets are worth printing next to the place value ones once the numbers get past two digits.

The gentle setting halves the grade's range so the numbers stay far apart and obvious. The challenge setting doubles it and produces pairs that differ in one digit, which is where the misconception shows up.

Questions

Do the worksheets include equal pairs?

Yes. Equal pairs are part of the generated set, so a learner cannot pass by guessing only greater or less.

What number range does each grade use?

Kindergarten works within 10 and Grade 5 reaches 10,000, halved on the gentle setting and doubled on the challenge setting.

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