Compare 100,000 and 99,999

Step by step

The question

Question: compare 100,000 and 99,999.

1 Line up the places

We line up the ones under the ones, the tens under the tens, and so on.

2 Compare from the left

100,000 has more digits than 99,999.

More digits means bigger.

So 100,000 is greater than 99,999.

3 Write it with a sign

So 100,000 > 99,999.

Careful!

99,999 has big digits, but fewer of them.

A number with more digits is bigger.

4 Check

On a number line, smaller numbers are to the left.

Left to right: 99,999, 100,000.

The same order.

Yes!

It works.

Let's look back.

First: line up the places.

Then: compare from the left.

Then: write it with a sign.

Last: check.