Reteach and Skills Practice Workbook

1–5
Name
Reteach
Order Whole Numbers
Date
Order the numbers from greatest to least: 9,245; 6,082; 8,970; 5,329.
You can use a number line or a place value chart to help you order
numbers.
Once you place the numbers where they belong on a number line, you
can see their order.
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5,000 6,000
9,245
5,329 6,082 8,970
7,000 8,000 9,000 10,000
9,245 is farthest to the
right. It is the greatest
number.
5,329 is the farthest to the
left. It is the least number.
In a place value chart, you start at the left. Look for the first place
where the digits are different to compare the numbers. Continue
through each place value until you have ordered all the numbers.
Thousands Period
Ones Period
hundreds
tens
ones
hundreds
tens
ones
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9
(greatest)
6
(third)
8
(second)
5
(least)
2 4 5
0 8 2
9 7 0
3 2 9
The number 9,245 has more thousands than all the other numbers. It
is the greatest. 5,329 has the least thousands, so it is the least.
Order the numbers from greatest to least.
1. 1,287; 1,509; 1,487; 1,111
2. 4,278; 5,761; 4,390; 5,104
3. 7,861; 10,865; 9,200; 8,923
Grade 4 11 Chapter 1