Step by step
The question
Question: compare 352 and 325.
Compare 352 and 325
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
352 and 325 are the same in the first place.
Look at the tens: 5 is more than 2.
So 352 is greater than 325.
352 > 325
3 Write it with a sign
So 352 > 325.
= 352 > 325
4 Check
On a number line, smaller numbers are to the left.
Left to right: 325, 352.
The same order.
Yes!
It works.
left to right: 325, 352
Let's look back.
First: line up the places.
Then: compare from the left.
Then: write it with a sign.
Last: check.
Answer
= 352 > 325