How it works
Read in groups of three digits, and the biggest place decides.
8413 is 8000 + 400 + 10 + 3.
To compare, start at the biggest place and move right until the digits differ.
Worked examples
Stretch it out
- 8413 = ? + 400 + 10 + 3
- The thousands are 8000.
- The rest is 400 + 10 + 3.
- So the answer is 8000.
Write in digits
- two thousand four hundred ten: ?
- Two thousand is 2 in the thousands place.
- Four hundred ten fills the rest, so 410.
- So the answer is 2410.
Compare
- 362129 ? 362127
- The first five digits match.
- Compare the ones: 9 and 7.
- So the answer is >.
A taste of the worksheet
These are the first problems of set A. The printable sheet has many more, with an answer key.
- The chart shows the number 4,706. Which words name it?
- Write the number in digits: three thousand nine hundred seventy-one. ___
- 1,515 = 1,000 + 500 + 10 + ___
- Which number is 7,000 + 800 + 3?
- The 6 in 56,214 is worth 6,000.