Compare numbers
Two numbers and a circle for the sign. From two digits up: pairs that start the same, swapped digits (47 and 74) and the 98 and 105 trap.
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Teaching guide: how to practise comparing and ordering numbers
Comparing numbers is understanding place value: a child who looks at the tens, hundreds or thousands first knows which number is greater without counting. This free comparing and ordering numbers worksheet generator builds A4 worksheets with the greater than, less than and equal to signs (<, >, =), from pictures to count in Kindergarten to six-digit numbers in Grade 4, each with its answer key.
Student worksheet 
Answer key Pictures for Kindergarten
At level 1, two groups of pictures in a ten frame or scattered: pupils count them, write the number and add the sign.
Compare calculations
Additions and subtractions against a number or another calculation, with results 1 or 2 apart, so pupils really have to work them out.
Order numbers
Smallest to greatest or greatest to smallest, with the < or > signs between the boxes. You choose the direction or let it take turns.
Greatest and smallest
Circling the greatest and crossing out the smallest in a group where the greatest numbers start the same.
Numbers in between
The numbers between two given ones, often across a ten, a hundred or a thousand: 398, 399, 400, 401, 402.
Frequently asked questions about comparing and ordering numbers worksheets
Which grades are these worksheets for?
Kindergarten to Grade 4 (Reception to Year 5). Each level is a size of number: to 10 (with pictures to count in Kindergarten), to 20, to 99 (Grade 1), to 999 (Grade 2), to 9,999 (Grade 3) and to 999,999 (Grade 4).
How do I teach greater than and less than?
Under the instruction of every worksheet there is a key: < is less than, > is greater than and = is equal to. The point of the sign always faces the smaller number and the open side the greater one, like a hungry mouth that eats the bigger number.
Are the pairs too easy?
No. From two digits up the pairs mix a different first digit, numbers that start the same and differ later, the same digits in another order, and a number with fewer digits but a greater first digit. Some pairs are equal, because the = sign needs practice too.
What is in the answer key?
The sign of every pair, the result of every calculation, the numbers in order, the greatest circled and the smallest crossed out, and the numbers in between, all in blue.
Can I choose smallest to greatest or the other way round?
Yes. In the exercise options the direction can be smallest to greatest, greatest to smallest or both, taking turns. It applies to the numbers in between too.
Can I mix several exercise types on one worksheet?
Yes. Add exercises of different types and levels; each one has its own instruction. Then drag them, add a page break wherever you like and mix them with exercises from other generators.
What other worksheets go well with these?
The place value worksheets show why you look at the digit with the greatest value first, the hundred chart helps to order numbers to 100 and the number sequences practise the number before and after. Find every resource under maths worksheets.
Is any pupil data sent anywhere?
No. Worksheets are generated in your browser and templates are saved in your browser's memory.
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