Compare 410 and 401

Step by step

The question

Question: compare 410 and 401.

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

410 and 401 are the same in the first place.

Look at the tens: 1 is more than 0.

So 410 is greater than 401.

3 Write it with a sign

So 410 > 401.

4 Check

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

Left to right: 401, 410.

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.