2. • Content Area – Mathematics
• Grade Level – 3
• Summary – The purpose of this instructional power point
is to demonstrate how to discern from the greater then,
less than, and equal to signs.
• Learning Objective – Given the symbols the student will
be able to place the three symbols with a 100% accuracy.
• Content Standard – Number and operations
• Accomplishment – Compare and order numbers up to
10,000 using the words less than, greater than, and equal
to, and the symbols <, >, =.
• Sources -http://almostunschoolers.blogspot.com/2011/03/shark-math-
greater-than-less-than.html , http://www.glogster.com/9voltl/nglog/g-
6mjtt04krjt8163ppddhja0 , http://www.womenssavingclub.com/2011/01/know-
financial-health-check/ ,
http://teachingprintables.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=
596
4. Greater Than!
• The shark wants to eat the biggest number.
• 5>2 5 is greater than 2
• 9>6
• 12 > 5
• 7>1
• 6 + 5 > 10 6 plus 5 is greater than 10
• 12 - 1 > 8 12 minus 1 is greater than 8
6. Less Than!
• The shark doesn’t want to eat the smallest
number.
• 2<7 2 is less than 7
• 9 < 12
• 5 < 15
• 3<9
• 4 + 4 < 11 4 plus 4 is less than 11
• 15 - 2 < 14 15 minus 2 is less than 14
8. Equal To!
• Two numbers have the same value.
• 4=4 4 is equal to 4
• 9=9
• 12 = 12
• 2=2
• 10 + 10 = 20 10 plus 10 is equal to 20
• 6=9-3 6 equals 9 minus 3
10. Greater Than, Less Than, or Equal To!
Answers!
• 7 is equal to 7
• 9 is less than 12
• 10 is greater than 6
• 4 plus 5 is less than 11
• 10 minus 2 is greater than 7
• 9 plus 9 is equal to 18
11. Have some fun!
http://www.abcya.com/comparing_nu
mber_values_jr.htm
http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.a
sp?err=509&engine=9
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numer
acy-calculation.html
12. Remember…
• Greater Than: the
sharks mouth is facing
the number (or sum)
that is largest.
• Less Than: the sharks
mouth is facing away
from the number (or
sum) that is smallest.
• Equal To: numbers (or
sums) on each side have
the same value.
