Place Value Charts: Comparing/Ordering [TEKS Tools Grade 5]

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 9% of each 5th grade STAAR test. These charts help students understand our base-10 number system, including the use of decimals.

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

Students are asked to compare multiple numbers using place value.

5.2B - compare and order two decimals to thousandths and represent comparisons using the symbols >, <, or =

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2023-13: five comparisons were given, students had to identify two that were true

2024-31: four numbers were given, students had to identify the correct comparison

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Ordering

Students are asked to list numbers from greatest to least or least to greatest and find a certain position in the list.

5.2B - compare and order two decimals to thousandths and represent comparisons using the symbols >, <, or =

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2024-23: four numbers were given, students had to order them from least to greatest and identify the second position

2025-5: four numbers were given, students had to order them from least to greatest and identify the third position

2025-28: four numbers were given, students had to order them from least to greatest