Lesson plan

8. Comparing two-digit numbers using place value (FP)

  • From LearnZillion
  • Created by
  • Standards
  • Tags
teaches Common Core State Standards 1.NBT.B.2 http://corestandards.org/Math/Content/1/NBT/B/2
teaches Common Core State Standards 1.NBT.B.3 http://corestandards.org/Math/Content/1/NBT/B/3
teaches Common Core State Standards MP2 http://corestandards.org/Math/Practice/MP2
teaches Common Core State Standards MP7 http://corestandards.org/Math/Practice/MP7
Preview assignment >
Print / PDF
Press ESC or click here to exit full screen

Tip: swipe on touch devices, use your keyboard's ← and → arrow keys, or clicker buttons to quickly navigate the lesson plan

or to view additional materials

You'll gain access to interventions, extensions, task implementation guides, and more for this lesson plan.

Lesson objective: Compare two-digit numbers using phrases like "is greater than," "is less than," "is equal to".

This lesson helps to build fluency with comparing two-digit numbers. Base-ten blocks and arrow cards are used here because they support understanding of the tens and ones that compose two-digit numbers. This work develops students' understanding that place-value is important when comparing two-digit numbers.

Students engage in Mathematical Practice 7 (Students continue to explore the structure of place-value. They will see the system for grouping numbers into the tens and ones that compose the numbers) as they consider place-value while comparing two-digit numbers.

Key vocabulary:

  • arrow cards
  • base-ten blocks
  • equal to
  • greater than
  • less than

Special materials needed:

  • deck of cards
  • base-ten blocks