Comparing Whole Numbers through 6-Digits-Gr 4-Solved Examples

Solved Examples and Worksheet for Comparing Whole Numbers through 6-Digits

Q1Compare 2,344 and 2,342.

A. Both 2,342 and 2,344 have the same value.
B. 2,342 is greater than 2,344.
C. 2,342 is smaller than 2,344.
D. I don′t know.

Solutions

Step: 1

To compare numbers, begin with the greatest place and compare the digits.

Step: 2

Thousands	Hundreds	Tens	Ones
2	3	4	4
2	3	4	2

[Express 2344 with places.]
[Express 2342 with places.]

Step: 3

2 is less than 4.

[The digits in the thousands place, hundreds place, and tens place are the same. So, compare the digits in the ones place.]

Step: 4

So, 2,342 is smaller than 2,344.

Correct Answer is : 2,342 is smaller than 2,344.

Q2Compare the numbers using appropriate symbol.
32,630 ___ 62,236

A. <
B. I don′t know.
C. =
D. >

Solutions

Step: 1

TTh	Th	H	T	O
3	2	6	3	0
6	2	2	3	6

[Express 32,630 with places.]
[Express 62,236 with places.]

Step: 2

3 < 6

[Compare the digits in the ten thousands place.]

Step: 3

32,630 < 62,236

Step: 4

So, the symbol that fills the blank is < (less than).

Correct Answer is : <

Q3Which number is greater, 63,385 or 63,835?
A. Both are equal
B. 63,835
C. 63, 385
D. None of the above

Solutions

Step: 1

To compare the numbers, begin with the greatest place and compare the digits.

Step: 2

TTh Th  H  T  O
6    3    8  3   5
6    3    3  8   5

[Express 63,385 and 63,835 with places.]

Step: 3

6 = 6

[Compare the digits in ten thousands place.]

Step: 4

3 = 3

[Compare the digits in thousands place.]

Step: 5

8 > 3

[Compare the digits in hundreds place.]

Step: 6

So, 63,835 is greater than 63, 385.

Correct Answer is : 63,835

Q4Which among the numbers is smaller?
345,621 and 345,121
A. 345,121
B. 345,621
C. Both are equal
D. None of the above

Solutions

Step: 1

To compare the numbers, begin with the greatest place and compare the digits.

Step: 2

Hth TTh Th  H  T  O
3    4     5    6  2   1
3    4     5    1  2   1

Step: 3

3 = 3

[Compare the digits in hundred thousands place.]

Step: 4

4 = 4

[Compare the digits in ten thousands place.]

Step: 5

5 = 5

[Compare the digits in thousands place.]

Step: 6

6 > 1

[Compare the digits in hundreds place.]

Step: 7

So, 345,121 is smaller than 345,621.

Correct Answer is : 345,121

Q5Which of the following symbols best fills in the blank?
62,583 ........... 65,283
A. =
B. >
C. <
D. None of these

Solutions

Step: 1

To compare the numbers, always begin with the greatest place and compare the digits.

Step: 2

TTh Th  H  T  O
6    2   5   8  3
6    5   2   8  3

[Express the two numbers along with the places.]

Step: 3

6 = 6

[Compare the digits in ten thousands place.]

Step: 4

2 < 5

[Compare the digits in thousands place.]

Step: 5

So, 62,583 < 65,283

[Compare the original numbers.]

Step: 6

So, the symbol '<' best fills in the blank.

Correct Answer is : <

Q6Which of the following symbols best completes the number sentence?
3,452 _____ 3,454
A. <
B. =
C. >
D. None of these

Solutions

Step: 1

To compare the numbers, always begin with the greatest place and compare the digits.

Step: 2

  Th H T O
3    4    5     2
3    4    5     4

[Express these two numbers along with the places.]

Step: 3

3 = 3

[Compare the digits in thousands place.]

Step: 4

4 = 4

[Compare the digits in hundreds place.]

Step: 5

5 = 5

[Compare the digits in tens place.]

Step: 6

2 < 4

[Compare the digits in ones place.]

Step: 7

So, 3,452 < 3,454

[Compare the original numbers.]

Step: 8

So, the symbol '<' best fills in the blank.

Correct Answer is : <

Q7Choose the greatest 4-digit number.

A. nine thousand
B. nine hundred ninety-nine
C. ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred
D. nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine

Solutions

Step: 1

The greatest 4-digit number is 9,999.

Step: 2

9,999 can be written in words as 'nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine'.

Correct Answer is : nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine

Q8Which number sentence is not true ?

A. 3,323 > 3,013
B. 3,646 > 3,464
C. 4,144 < 4,284
D. 2,897 > 2,978

Solutions

Step: 1

Compare each number sentence given in the choices using place value.

Step: 2

Among these, the number sentence 2,897 > 2,978 is incorrect, because 2,897 < 2,978.

Correct Answer is : 2,897 > 2,978

Q9Which of the given numbers comes after 5 820?
A. 5 638
B. 5 724
C. 5 938
D. 5 473

Solutions

Step: 1

The number that comes after 5 820 should be larger than 5 820.

Step: 2

Compare the given numbers with 5 820.

Thousands	Hundreds	Tens	Ones
5	8	2	0
5	6	3	8
5	4	7	3
5	7	2	4
5	9	3	8

Step: 3

As the digits in the thousands place are same, compare the digits in the hundreds place with 8.

Step: 4

6, 4, 7 are smaller than 8 and 9 is larger than 8.

Step: 5

5 938 is larger than 5 820. So, 5 938 comes after 5 820.

Correct Answer is : 5 938

Q10Which number is larger than 3 720?

A. 4 227
B. 3 072
C. 2 700
D. 3 207

Solutions

Step: 1

To find the number that is larger than 3 720, compare each one of the numbers with 3 720 using place value.

Step: 2

Compare the digits in thousands place.

Th	H	T	O
3	7	2	0
3	2	0	7
3	0	7	2
4	2	2	7
2	7	0	0

The digit 4 is greater than the digits 3 and 2.

Step: 3

Among the numbers listed, 4 227 is the only number larger than 3 720.

Step: 4

Therefore, 4 227 is larger than 3 720.

Correct Answer is : 4 227

Q11Compare :159 206

A. is less than
B. is more than

Solutions

Step: 1

Hundreds	Tens	Ones

1	5	9
2	0	6

Step: 2

Compare the numbers in hundreds place.

Step: 3

1 hundred is less than 2 hundreds.

Step: 4

Therefore, 159 is less than 206.

Correct Answer is : is less than

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