Compare 4,099 and 4,109

Step by step

The question

Question: compare 4,099 and 4,109.

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

4,109 and 4,099 are the same in the first place.

Look at the hundreds: 1 is more than 0.

So 4,109 is greater than 4,099.

3 Write it with a sign

So 4,099 < 4,109.

4 Check

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

Left to right: 4,099, 4,109.

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.