Virginia SOL 4.NS.2.b
The Standard
Order up to four whole numbers up to seven digits each, from least to greatest or greatest to least.
Virginia Standards of Learning for Mathematics · The student will demonstrate an understanding of the base 10 system to compare and order whole numbers up to seven digits.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students compare whole numbers by checking digits from the highest place value to the lowest. They arrange up to four numbers in ascending or descending order.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students correctly arrange four numbers in either direction without a place value chart. They explain a comparison by naming the first place where the digits differ.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may compare only the first or last digit instead of checking place values from left to right. They may also reverse the requested order or assume a number with larger individual digits is always greater.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Order 3,405,218, 3,450,128, 3,405,281, and 345,218 from least to greatest. Underline the place value that decided one comparison.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups digit cards to build four seven-digit numbers, then place the numbers in order on a floor number line.
Ask, “Which place value decides the order of 5,306,412 and 5,360,241, and why?”
Play Order Relay, where teams draw four number cards and race to arrange them in the direction shown.
Provide four city populations and have students rank the cities from smallest to largest population.
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Related Standards
- 3.NS.2.b
Order up to three whole numbers, each 9,999 or less, represented with and without models, from least to greatest and greatest to least.
- 7.NS.1.d
Compare and order no more than four numbers greater than 0 written in scientific notation. Ordering may be in ascending or descending order.*
- 4.NS.2.a
Compare two whole numbers up to seven digits each, using words (greater than, less than, equal to, not equal to) and/or using symbols (>, <, =, ≠).
- 2.NS.2.h
Order up to three whole numbers, each 999 or less, represented concretely, pictorially, or symbolically from least to greatest and greatest to least.
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