Place Value Chart: Comparing/Ordering [TEKS Tools Grade 3]
Updated: Aug 21
This post specifically looks at how place value charts can be used to compare/order numbers. Read more about TEKS Tools and their rationale here.
PlAce Value Charts
Place value charts, the third TEKS Tool, account for around 12% of each 3rd grade STAAR test. These charts help students understand our base-10 number system.
The main function of a place value chart is to show the relationship between place value locations in our number system. By visualizing numbers on a place value chart, students can compose, decompose, compare, and order numbers and understand place value magnitude.
Comparing
3.2D - compare and order whole numbers up to 100,000 and represent comparisons using the symbols >, <, or =
Students are asked to compare multiple numbers using place value.
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2023-13: a real-world situation was shown on a number line, students had to interpret and explain it
2024-2: students had to identify a mystery number using comparative clues
2025-30: students had to find one number (from four) that lies between two other numbers
2026-17: students were given three numbers and had to compare them using inequality symbols
3.2D (Comparing) Practice Set
3.2D (Comparing) #1
3.2D (Comparing) #2
3.2D (Comparing) #3
3.2D (Comparing) Quiz
Ordering
3.2D - compare and order whole numbers up to 100,000 and represent comparisons using the symbols >, <, or =
Students are asked to list numbers from greatest to least or least to greatest.
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