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🔢 Kindergarten math · Counting & Numbers

Which number is bigger?

The number that comes later when you count is greater. 7 comes before 12, so 12 is greater.

Worked example

Look at the numbers 7 and 9. Which one is greater (more)?
Answer: The second number
On the counting line, 7 comes before 9. The number that comes later is greater. Here the answer is the second number.

For grown-ups: Compare written numerals 1–10. Below: three problems to try with the worked answers, and a free printable sheet. Children can practise the same skill as a game, with no sign-up and no ads.

  • CCSS K.CC.C.7
What this practises, for teachers

Practices compare written numerals 1–10 (K.CC.C.7). A printable sheet with its answer key, worked answers on the page, no accounts.

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🖨️ Printable sheet and key

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Try three

  1. Look at the numbers 1 and 4. Which one is greater (more)?
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: The second number
    On the counting line, 1 comes before 4. The number that comes later is greater. Here the answer is the second number.
  2. Look at the numbers 3 and 17. Which one is greater (more)?
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: The second number
    On the counting line, 3 comes before 17. The number that comes later is greater. Here the answer is the second number.
  3. Look at the numbers 2 and 19. Which one is greater (more)?
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: The second number
    On the counting line, 2 comes before 19. The number that comes later is greater. Here the answer is the second number.

Before and after

Learn first: Count on from any number (K)

Name: ____________________Date: ____________Score: ____ / 12

Which number is bigger? (Kindergarten)

  1. Look at the numbers 6 and 9. Which one is less (fewer)?
  2. Look at the numbers 1 and 9. Which one is less (fewer)?
  3. Look at the numbers 6 and 7. Which one is greater (more)?
  4. Look at the numbers 8 and 3. Which one is greater (more)?
  5. Look at the numbers 8 and 1. Which one is less (fewer)?
  6. Look at the numbers 8 and 2. Which one is greater (more)?
  7. Look at the numbers 15 and 15. Which one is greater (more)?
  8. Look at the numbers 9 and 13. Which one is less (fewer)?
  9. Look at the numbers 16 and 11. Which one is less (fewer)?
  10. Look at the numbers 19 and 9. Which one is greater (more)?
  11. Look at the numbers 5 and 5. Which one is less (fewer)?
  12. Look at the numbers 12 and 20. Which one is less (fewer)?

Answer key

  1. The first number
  2. The first number
  3. The second number
  4. The first number
  5. The second number
  6. The first number
  7. They are the same
  8. The first number
  9. The second number
  10. The first number
  11. They are the same
  12. The first number

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