Comparing Numbers to 99 Worksheet: Greater Than, Less Than or Equal

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20 problems. Compare numbers to 99 with <, > or =. Sheet AUPT3B, with its answer key.

Compare numbers to 99 with <, > or =

Name Date Score / 20

Write <, > or = in each circle.

  1. 1.58 62
  2. 2.10 89
  3. 3.40 52
  4. 4.31 97
  5. 5.90 90
  6. 6.75 56
  7. 7.25 97
  8. 8.45 72
  9. 9.13 44
  10. 10.10 61
  11. 11.70 88
  12. 12.46 40
  13. 13.48 26
  14. 14.25 25
  15. 15.85 14
  16. 16.99 64
  17. 17.33 60
  18. 18.53 14
  19. 19.82 41
  20. 20.24 45

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Answer key. Compare numbers to 99 with <, > or =

  1. 1.58 < 62
  2. 2.10 < 89
  3. 3.40 < 52
  4. 4.31 < 97
  5. 5.90 = 90
  6. 6.75 > 56
  7. 7.25 < 97
  8. 8.45 < 72
  9. 9.13 < 44
  10. 10.10 < 61
  11. 11.70 < 88
  12. 12.46 > 40
  13. 13.48 > 26
  14. 14.25 = 25
  15. 15.85 > 14
  16. 16.99 > 64
  17. 17.33 < 60
  18. 18.53 > 14
  19. 19.82 > 41
  20. 20.24 < 45

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How it works

This comparing numbers to 99 worksheet prints twenty pairs with a circle between them for <, > or =. The menu has easier sheets to 10, 20 and 50, pairs with swapped digits, and numbers written as tens and ones.

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Tens first, then ones

To compare 47 and 82, look at the tens: 4 tens is less than 8 tens, so 47 < 82. When the tens match, as in 63 and 68, the ones decide: 63 < 68. Common Core puts this in grade 1 (1.NBT.3). Comparing numerals from 1 to 10 is kindergarten work.

The pairs that catch pupils

38 and 83 use the same two digits, and a pupil who looks at the ones first gets it wrong: 38 < 83. Swapped digits and near twins to 99: 38 and 83 is a whole sheet of such pairs. Same tens, 50 to 99: compare the ones holds pairs like 76 and 78.

  • Have pupils read each line aloud as a sentence: 47 is less than 82. The sign stands for those words.
  • The open side of < and > always faces the greater number.
  • Two of the twenty pairs on the opening sheet are equal, so = is a real choice.

Questions and answers

What do the signs <, > and = mean?

The sign < means is less than, > means is greater than, and = means is equal to. 38 < 83 reads 38 is less than 83. The open side of the sign faces the greater number.

Are these greater than less than worksheets for first grade?

Yes. Comparing two-digit numbers with the three signs is a grade 1 standard in Common Core, and Texas asks first graders to compare two numbers to 100 with the symbols. The sheets to 10 and to 20 suit kindergarten.

Is this a free math comparing numbers to 99 worksheet with answers?

Yes. It is free to print, and the answer key prints as the last page with the sign written in every circle. The Answer key box starts ticked; untick it to print the sheet alone.

What comes after comparing numbers to 99?

Three-digit numbers. Grade 2 compares hundreds, tens and ones, as in 347 and 374, where the hundreds match and the tens decide. The grade 2 place value page has those sheets.

All 13 sheet types

Numbers to 20 3

  • Compare numbers 1 to 10 with <, > or = The first step: 3 < 8 and 9 > 4. Twelve pairs of numbers from 1 to 10 with an empty circle for the sign, and one pair that is equal, such as 6 = 6. Common Core asks kindergartners to compare two written numerals from 1 to 10.
  • Compare numbers to 20 with <, > or = Numbers from 1 to 20, so a teen number often meets a single digit: 14 > 9 and 7 < 12. A teen number is one ten and some ones, so it is greater than any number with no ten. Twenty pairs, two of them equal.
  • Compare two teen numbers: 13 and 17 Both numbers have one ten, so only the ones can differ: 13 < 17 because 3 ones is less than 7 ones. Twelve pairs from 11 to 19, none equal. A first look at the rule used later for 63 and 68.
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Numbers to 50 2

  • Compare numbers to 50 with <, > or = A shorter range for a first week: 37 > 31 and 10 < 45. Twenty pairs of numbers from 10 to 50, two of them equal. Pupils look at the tens digit first and at the ones only when the tens match.
  • Same tens, 10 to 49: compare the ones Every pair shares its tens digit, so the ones decide each time: 22 < 27 and 38 > 32. Twenty pairs from 10 to 49, none equal. The sheet for a pupil who stops reading after the first digit.

Numbers to 99 4

  • Compare numbers to 99 with <, > or = The sheet the page opens on: twenty pairs of numbers from 10 to 99 with a circle between them, such as 47 < 82 and 70 > 57. Two pairs on every sheet of twenty are equal, so all three signs are needed.
  • Equal or not? Half the pairs to 99 match Ten of the twenty pairs are equal, such as 64 = 64, and the other ten look alike without being equal, such as 46 < 64. Pupils have to read both numbers digit by digit before they write = in a circle.
  • Same tens, 50 to 99: compare the ones The larger half of the two-digit numbers with matching tens: 76 < 78 and 65 > 63. Twenty pairs, none equal. Because the tens agree in every pair, the whole sheet practices the second step of the rule.
  • Swapped digits and near twins to 99: 38 and 83 Pairs made to be mixed up: the same two digits the other way round, 38 < 83, or one digit changed, 70 < 71 and 88 > 68. No pair is equal. A pupil has to say which digit counts tens before choosing a sign.

A number against tens and ones 2

  • A number to 99 against tens and ones or 40 + 7 One side of each pair is written in parts, as 40 + 7 or as 4 tens and 7 ones, and has to be built before comparing: 40 + 7 < 74. Twelve lines, and the key shows the number each written side makes.
  • Equal or not? A number and its tens and ones A numeral beside a number in tens and ones, and half the pairs are equal: 1 ten and 8 ones is 18, so that pair takes =, while 7 tens and 4 ones is 74 and 74 > 47. Twelve lines for checking that 74 means 7 tens.

Three numbers in order 2

  • Order three numbers to 99, greatest to least The same job run backwards: 26, 69, 62 becomes 69 > 62 > 26. Ten sets of three look-alike numbers, each written from greatest to least with > between them.
  • Order three numbers to 99, least to greatest Three numbers that look alike, to write from least to greatest: 57, 75, 47 becomes 47 < 57 < 75. Ten sets, never handed over already in order. Two comparisons are needed for every line.

How this list was compiled: Our own list of sheet types, written on 2026-10-01. Every pair of numbers is made by the tool when the sheet is made, and the sign on the answer key comes from comparing the two whole numbers exactly. Sheets of every type were made and each sign was checked again by a separate program; the worked examples in this list were checked twice. Where comparing sits in school was read on 2026-10-01 in the full text of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (California Department of Education copy, https://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/ccssmathstandardaug2013.pdf): 1.NBT.3 (compare two two-digit numbers based on meanings of the tens and ones digits, recording the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, and <) and K.CC.7 (compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals); and in the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for mathematics (https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/ch111a.pdf): grade 1, 2(G), represent the comparison of two numbers to 100 using the symbols >, <, or =. Neither standards body has reviewed these sheets. Licence: own work

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