Compare and Order Whole Numbers

Here are some tips: 

1. Think like money...which would I rather have?
2. Look to see which number has more digits
3. Line up the numbers and compare the place values 
(with practice it gets easier each time!)

1,245,089,000         
2,367,000,123
   400,500,678


Order the numbers above from least to greatest.

    *Right away you can see that the last number only goes into the hundred millions, therefore making it the smallest number

*Now compare the billions place. Our digits to compare are 1 and 2. The 2 is larger...that makes it our last number!

          400,500,678       1,245,089,000         2,367,000,123