Number Sense and Place Value Patterns · Number Sense

Comparing and Ordering Large Quantities

Developing strategies to determine the relative magnitude of numbers using relational symbols.

Key Questions

  1. 1When comparing two numbers, why do we start looking at the largest place value first?
  2. 2How can a number line help us visualize the distance between two different values?
  3. 3What real world situations require us to estimate rather than find an exact count?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Number - Grade 2
Grade: Grade 2
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Number Sense and Place Value Patterns
Period: Number Sense

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