Comparing Numbers: math practice, Kindergarten – download the PDF

1 Match the balls and blocks ★★★

Look at the picture. Each blue ball is matched with a green block by a line.

Which group has more? How many objects have no partner?

2 Cups and plates ★★★

At a picnic there are 3 cups and 5 plates. Are there fewer cups or fewer plates?

3 Which is greater? ★★★

Circle the greater number: 8 or 3.

4 Pick the word ★★★

Write greater than, less than or equal to.

1. 5 is ______ 5.
2. 2 is ______ 9.
3. 7 is ______ 4.

5 True or false? ★★★

Say true or false.

1. 4 is less than 6.
2. 9 is equal to 8.
3. 10 is greater than 1.

6 Look at the number line ★★★

Which point is farther to the right, P or Q? Which number is greater?

Write a sentence with the word greater.

7 Ten or six? ★★★

Circle the greater number: 10 or 6. Then write the sentence with the symbol.

8 Fill in the symbol ★★★

Write \( \gt \), \( \lt \) or \( = \) in each blank.

1. \( 6 \ \_\_ \ 8 \)
2. \( 9 \ \_\_ \ 3 \)
3. \( 5 \ \_\_ \ 5 \)
4. \( 1 \ \_\_ \ 10 \)

9 Sticker swap ★★★

Maya has 7 stickers. Leo has 9 stickers. Who has more? How many more does he or she have?

10 Birds on the roof ★★★

Eight birds sit on a fence and 5 birds sit on a roof. Where are there fewer birds? How many fewer?

11 Big or many? ★★★

Ruben has 4 big beach balls. Ina has 6 tiny marbles. Who has more objects? Does the size change the answer?

12 Numbers greater than 7 ★★★

Write all the whole numbers from 1 to 10 that are greater than 7.

13 Order three numbers ★★★

Write 4, 9 and 6 from least to greatest.

14 Make the groups equal ★★★

A bowl has 5 apples and another bowl has 8 oranges. How many apples must we add so that the two groups are equal?

15 Order four numbers ★★★

Look at the cards.

1. Write the numbers from least to greatest.
2. Write them from greatest to least.

16 Mystery number ★★★

My number is greater than 6 and less than 9. It is not 7. What is my number?

17 Three baskets ★★★

Basket A has 7 pears, basket B has 5 pears and basket C has 9 pears.

1. Which basket has the most?
2. Which basket has the fewest?
3. Put the baskets in order from the fewest to the most pears.

18 Find the mistake ★★★

Sam wrote \( 4 \gt 7 \) because he says “4 looks bigger”. Is he right? Explain, then write the true sentence.

19 Same or different? ★★★

Ava has 6 crayons, Ben has 6 pencils and Cy has 8 markers.

1. Which two children have the same number of objects?
2. Write a comparison with a symbol for Ben and Cy.
3. Who has the most?

20 Tower race ★★★

Four towers are built with blocks.

1. Which two towers have the same height?
2. Which tower is the shortest?
3. Write the heights from least to greatest.