Comparing Numbers Worksheet Generator

Printable worksheets of twenty pairs of numbers to compare with less than, greater than or equal to, with numbers up to 10, up to 20, or with two, three or four digits, and the box for each sign as a circle, a rounded square or a rounded rectangle. Every worksheet also has its answer key, with the signs.

Comparing two numbers means finding which one is greater, or whether they are equal. A number with more digits is greater; between two numbers with as many digits, you read the digits from left to right, and the first digit that differs decides. You write the sign between the numbers: < means less than, > means greater than, and = means equal to. The open side of < and > always faces the greater number. Comparing numbers builds place value: what each digit is worth in a number.

1. Choose the settings. Pick the size of the numbers: up to 10, up to 20, or with two, three or four digits, and the shape of the box for the sign: a circle, a rounded square or a rounded rectangle.
2. Make a new worksheet. Press New: a new worksheet appears at once, with the same settings. Each one comes from a random number, its seed, kept in the address of the page.
3. Print it. Press Print to print the page on A4 paper, or choose “Save as PDF” in the print window to keep it.
4. Get the answer key. Tick Show the solution: the same worksheet appears with its solution in orange, ready to print as the answer key.
5. Share it. Copy the address of the page: it always gives the same worksheet back.

Every worksheet has twenty different pairs of numbers: in eight, the first number is less than the second, in eight it is greater, and in four they are equal. With two digits or more, half of the pairs that differ change only one digit, after the first one, so every digit counts. The page is made in your browser: nothing is sent to Zuzuzi, and it is free, with no sign-up.