Today I will use a number line or base ten blocks to compare two digit numbers using the greater than and less than symbols.
Vocabulary
Teacher Resources Considerations:
greater than 16 > 12
less than 12 < 16
This lesson requires the use of a class number line up to 100 and base ten blocks. Students are provided academic vocabulary, a number line, and a place value chart in their Student Journal.
Steps: 1. Compare the numbers using base ten blocks or a number line. 2. Place the greater than or less than symbol in the box.
Application of MPs: MP1:
How did you prove your answers?
MP2: What is a real life scenario you could apply? MP5: What tool was used? Why?
/ *MP1: Make sense of the problem and persevere in solving it! *MP8: Find a strategy to help solve the problem. Directions: Use a number line or base ten blocks to compare numbers; then, fill in the symbol to make the number sentence true.
1. Compare the numbers 36 and 53. Place the correct symbol in the box to make the number sentence true.
36 >
53
85
55
63
49
94 < Directions: Review. Use drawings of base ten blocks to represent numbers.