SFAW Mathematics Chapter 1  Lesson 1-2  Page 6  
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  Lesson 1-2  
Key Idea
You can use place value to compare and order whole numbers.
Comparing and Ordering Whole Numbers WARM UP
LEARN
How can you compare and order whole numbers?
Example A Data File
STEP 1 Which had a greater population in 2000, Dallas or Philadelphia?
TEST TALK
Write the numbers, lining up places. Begin at the left and compare.
  1,188,580
  1,517,550
STEP 2
  Find the first place where the digits are different and compare.
  1,188,580
  1,517,550
5 > 1. So, 1,517,550 > 1,188,580. Philadelphia had a greater population.
Example B
STEP 1 Order the cities by their populations from least to greatest.
   Write the numbers, lining  up places. Begin at the  left to find the greatest
 or least number.
  2,896,016
  1,188,580
  1,517,550
  1,144,646
greatest
 
STEP 2
 Write the remaining  numbers, lining up  places. Find the greatest  and least of these.
1,188,580
1,517,550
1,144,646
Greatest
greatest
 
1,188,580
1,144,646
Least
least
STEP 3
 Write the numbers from  least to greatest.
  1,144,646,
2,896,016
1,188,580, 1,517,550,
In order by their populations, the cities are San Antonio,
Dallas, Philadelphia, and Chicago.
Talk About It
1. How do you know that Chicago had the
greatest population of these four cities?
   
Take It to the NET  
 
 
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