Early MathOrder numbers up to 20 from least to greatest
Name: Date:
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Ordering numbers worksheets
Once children can compare two numbers, the next step is lining up several at once. These free printable worksheets give a small set of numbers up to twenty and ask a child to write them in order from least to greatest.
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Ordering numbers
The answer key prints on a separate page.
What's on this sheet
Each question shows a handful of numbers out of order, and the child rewrites them smallest to largest. The set stays close enough together that a child has to compare carefully rather than spot one obvious winner, and every number stays at twenty or below so the row is short enough to sort by hand.
Why this sheet works
Ordering is a young skill, so each page stays short — a handful of rows is enough focused practice for an early learner.
How this one works
One question from this sheet, worked through a step at a time.
Order: 10, 9, 20, 3
given:109203
sorted:391020
sorted:391020
3 < 9 < 10 < 20
- Sort by how many DIGITS first — it splits the pile before any comparing is needed, and it is what stops 9 being put after 10.
- Smallest first: 3, 9, 10, 20.
- Written with the signs: 3 < 9 < 10 < 20. Every open end faces the bigger number, all the way along.