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2nd grade math · Unit 7: Place value to 1,000

Same digits, different places

What this lesson shows

Fixes a mistake

852 > 582. 8 hundreds is more than 5 hundreds.

The worked example

The lesson works this one step by step: 852 ○ 582. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.

The steps

  1. Same digits, other places
  2. Line them up by place
  3. The hundreds decide
  4. Write < or >

Helping at home

The same digits in other places make another number. Line them up by place and compare the hundreds first.

If your kid gets stuck

Compare the hundreds first.

Watch it with Lux

With Lux, this lesson is a narrated video and a printed page your kid works on. Then Lux helps with the same math on their own worksheet, one question at a time.

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Standards

  • Common Core 2.NBT.A.4
    Compare two three-digit numbers based on meanings of the hundreds, tens, and ones digits, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.
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