Find the order

key notes:

  1. Ascending and Descending Order: Children learn to arrange numbers from the smallest to the largest (ascending order) or from the largest to the smallest (descending order).
  2. Number Line: Introducing the concept of a number line helps kids visualize the order of numbers and their relative positions. They learn to place numbers in order on a number line.
  3. Comparing Numbers: Students understand the symbols (<, >, =) used to compare numbers. This knowledge helps in placing numbers in order by comparing their values.
  4. Practice with Simple Sets: Working with sets of numbers such as single-digit or double-digit numbers allows students to practice and understand the concept of order more easily.
  5. Ordinal Numbers: Introduction to ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc.) helps in understanding the sequence or order of items or numbers.

Learn with an example

1) The white house is not taller than the red house. The brown house is shorter than the white house.

Which house is the shortest?

  • Use the story to put the houses in order.
  • The white house is not taller than the red house.
ShorterTaller
white housered house
  • The brown house is shorter than the white house.
ShorterTaller
brown housered house
  • The brown house is the shortest.

2) The yellow dog is larger than the grey dog but smaller than the white dog.

Which dog is the smallest?

  • Use the story to put the dogs in order.
  • The yellow dog is larger than the grey dog.
SmallerLarger
grey dogyellow dog
  • The yellow dog is smaller than the white dog.
SmallerLarger
grey dog white dog
  • The grey dog is the smallest.

3) The Panthers scored fewer points than the Sharks but more points than the Bears.

Which team scored more points, the Bears or the Sharks?

  • Use the story to put the number of points for each team in order.
  • The Panthers scored fewer points than the Sharks.
Fewer PointsMore Points
PanthersSharks
  • The Panthers scored more points than the Bears.
Fewer PointsMore Points
Bears PanthersSharks
  • The Sharks scored more points.

Let’s practice!🖊️