Number Line Comparisons
- Plot the following numbers on the number line.
456 \qquad \qquad 983\qquad \qquad 938 \qquad \qquad 425 \qquad \qquad 220 \qquad \qquad 202\qquad \qquad 799
- Choose eight pairs of numbers from those you plotted on the number line. Compare them.
- _______ \gt _______
- _______ \gt _______
- _______ \gt _______
- _______ \gt _______
- _______ \lt _______
- _______ \lt _______
- _______ \lt _______
- _______ \lt _______
- Is the number a greater or less than the number b?
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