Compare numbersTwo-digit numbers
Name: Date:
Write >, =, or < between each pair of numbers.
12324
27876
36556
47682
57373
66868
73645
88338
92992
109393
Comparing two-digit numbers worksheets
Comparing two-digit numbers is the first time a child has to look at the tens before the ones. These free printable worksheets give ten pairs a page to mark with greater than, less than or equal, with an answer key to check against.
If they get stuck
Comparing two-digit numbers
The answer key prints on a separate page.
What's on this sheet
Look at the pair 29 and 92. They use the same two digits, and only the place of each digit says which is bigger. Pairs like that are on the sheet on purpose, because a child who looks at the 9 first gets them wrong, and that shows exactly what still needs teaching.
Why this sheet works
Some pairs share a tens digit, so the ones decide: 23 is less than 24, and 78 is greater than 76. Some pairs are the same number twice, so 73 and 73 need an equal sign, and a child who has only ever been asked which one is bigger has to stop and think. When two-digit pairs feel easy, the next step is the same sheet with three digits.
How this one works
23 ? 24
23?24
23<24
- Both have 2 digits, so read them from the left.
- The digits before that match, and the next ones differ in the ones place: 3 and 4. 4 is more, and nothing to the right can change that.