Ordering numbers
Put four whole numbers in order from least to greatest.
Practice + answer key · 3 pages
Worksheet settings12 questions · 2 columns · A4
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Number sense
What you’ll practice
Arrange four whole numbers from least to greatest, keeping any repeated values.
Start with the smallest number and work toward the largest. Each question has four numbers; if a value appears twice, keep both copies in your answer.
How this skill works
Find the smallest value first, then compare the remaining values to choose the next one. Place-value comparisons help when numbers share early digits.
Repeated values are allowed. They sit next to each other in a valid least-to-greatest order and must not be dropped.
Worked example
Order 407, 74, 470, 407 from least to greatest.
- 74 has fewer digits than the three-digit values.
- 407 comes before 470 because its tens digit is smaller.
- Keep both copies of 407: 74, 407, 407, 470.
Answer: 74, 407, 407, 470
Teaching notes
- Count four numbers in the question and four in the answer.
- Check every adjacent pair after sorting.
Practice questions
- Put these numbers in order from least to greatest: 546, 850, 23, 954.
- Put these numbers in order from least to greatest: 449, 203, 67, 142.
- Put these numbers in order from least to greatest: 276, 737, 11, 720.
- Put these numbers in order from least to greatest: 167, 908, 767, 863.
- Put these numbers in order from least to greatest: 655, 674, 199, 664.
- Put these numbers in order from least to greatest: 890, 964, 592, 445.
- Put these numbers in order from least to greatest: 671, 595, 787, 743.
- Put these numbers in order from least to greatest: 233, 497, 73, 844.
- Put these numbers in order from least to greatest: 252, 770, 208, 857.
- Put these numbers in order from least to greatest: 187, 27, 305, 480.
- Put these numbers in order from least to greatest: 693, 630, 12, 334.
- Put these numbers in order from least to greatest: 86, 820, 35, 491.
Answers and steps
- 23, 546, 850, 954
- The nondecreasing order is 23, 546, 850, 954; equal values can be written next to each other.
- 67, 142, 203, 449
- The nondecreasing order is 67, 142, 203, 449; equal values can be written next to each other.
- 11, 276, 720, 737
- The nondecreasing order is 11, 276, 720, 737; equal values can be written next to each other.
- 167, 767, 863, 908
- The nondecreasing order is 167, 767, 863, 908; equal values can be written next to each other.
- 199, 655, 664, 674
- The nondecreasing order is 199, 655, 664, 674; equal values can be written next to each other.
- 445, 592, 890, 964
- The nondecreasing order is 445, 592, 890, 964; equal values can be written next to each other.
- 595, 671, 743, 787
- The nondecreasing order is 595, 671, 743, 787; equal values can be written next to each other.
- 73, 233, 497, 844
- The nondecreasing order is 73, 233, 497, 844; equal values can be written next to each other.
- 208, 252, 770, 857
- The nondecreasing order is 208, 252, 770, 857; equal values can be written next to each other.
- 27, 187, 305, 480
- The nondecreasing order is 27, 187, 305, 480; equal values can be written next to each other.
- 12, 334, 630, 693
- The nondecreasing order is 12, 334, 630, 693; equal values can be written next to each other.
- 35, 86, 491, 820
- The nondecreasing order is 35, 86, 491, 820; equal values can be written next to each other.