Compare 12,400 and 12,040

Step by step

The question

Question: compare 12,400 and 12,040.

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

12,400 and 12,040 are the same in the first 2 places.

Look at the hundreds: 4 is more than 0.

So 12,400 is greater than 12,040.

3 Write it with a sign

So 12,400 > 12,040.

4 Check

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

Left to right: 12,040, 12,400.

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.