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Comparing numbers worksheet generator

Print greater-than and less-than practice: two numbers with an empty circle between them for the child to write <, > or = in, sets of four or five numbers to rewrite in order, or a sheet that mixes both. Choose numbers up to 100, 1000 or 10,000 and download a US Letter or A4 PDF with the answer key.

Choose compare or order and how big the numbers get, preview the sheet, then download the PDF.

Quick presets

A few comparison questions print the same number on both sides, so “=” is a real answer rather than a symbol a child never has to use.

Advanced settings
Comparing numbers worksheetName: Date: Write <, > or = in each circle.1) 7107832) 1339303) 5185184) 5229375) 9203256) 539067) 9098148) 183479) 81381310) 61292911) 6062312) 29342813) 51067614) 56068215) 11148716) 25672917) 95811718) 6112619) 10185020) 353146Page 1 of 2Created with Print Joey — printjoey.com
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Answer key1) 710 < 7836) 53 < 90611) 60 < 62316) 256 < 7292) 133 < 9307) 909 > 81412) 293 < 42817) 958 > 1173) 518 = 5188) 183 > 4713) 510 < 67618) 61 < 1264) 522 < 9379) 813 = 81314) 560 < 68219) 101 < 8505) 920 > 32510) 612 < 92915) 111 < 48720) 353 > 146Page 2 of 2Created with Print Joey — printjoey.com
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How it works

  1. Choose comparison questions, ordering questions or a mix of both.
  2. Set how big the numbers get, and — for ordering — the direction and how many numbers are in each set.
  3. Download the PDF, print it, or copy a share link that restores these settings.

Using these worksheets in teaching

The alligator-mouth story gets children answering quickly and stops working the moment the numbers get long, because it is a memory aid about a symbol rather than an idea about size. What survives is place value: 4,803 is bigger than 4,799 because the hundreds digit decides it once the thousands are equal, and a child who can say that will still be right in five years. Ask for the reason, not just the symbol — "how do you know?" turns a guessable question into a thinking one. Ordering is worth more than comparing once comparing is fluent, because it cannot be done one pair at a time: five numbers have to be held together, and the usual method a child invents — find the smallest, cross it out, find the next — is a genuine algorithm that they can explain. The equals questions catch a specific and common habit, which is answering the shape of the question rather than the question; a child who writes < under two identical numbers is not confused about size, they have stopped reading. Set the direction to alternate for the same reason.

Frequently asked questions

Does “=” ever come up?
Yes. A small share of comparison questions print the same number on both sides, so a child who has learned to pick between < and > has to notice that neither is right. Leaving equals out entirely teaches the wrong lesson: that the circle is always a choice of two.
What does ordering mode print?
A set of four or five distinct numbers and an instruction saying which way to write them — smallest to largest, or largest to smallest — with boxes underneath to write them in. The direction can be fixed, or set to alternate so a child has to read the instruction rather than settle into a habit.
What does the largest number setting change?
The range every number is drawn from: 1 to 100, 1 to 1000 or 1 to 10,000. Bigger ranges are harder in a specific way — comparing 4-digit numbers is a place-value task, because the child has to line the digits up before any comparing happens.
What does mixed mode do?
It alternates comparison and ordering questions down the sheet, so both forms are practised in one go. Ordering questions take more room than comparisons, so a mixed sheet fits fewer questions on a page than a pure comparison one.
Is there an answer key?
Yes. Turn it on and every answer is listed in question order on a labelled page at the end of the same PDF — the symbol for each comparison, the ordered set for each ordering question.

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Last reviewed: July 2026. Worksheet content is generated by deterministic algorithms and covered by automated correctness tests — no AI-generated answers.