Ordering Numbers Worksheets: Least to Greatest, Greatest to Least

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10 problems. Order four numbers to 100, least to greatest. Sheet 9VRU4I, with its answer key.

Order four numbers to 100, least to greatest

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Write each set of numbers from least to greatest.

1.85, 45, 75, 35 → ________ < ________ < ________ < ________
2.78, 67, 77, 88 → ________ < ________ < ________ < ________
3.4, 45, 99, 82 → ________ < ________ < ________ < ________
4.8, 67, 91, 57 → ________ < ________ < ________ < ________
5.7, 100, 56, 81 → ________ < ________ < ________ < ________
6.48, 38, 20, 4 → ________ < ________ < ________ < ________
7.30, 60, 21, 2 → ________ < ________ < ________ < ________
8.81, 98, 16, 78 → ________ < ________ < ________ < ________
9.98, 93, 76, 96 → ________ < ________ < ________ < ________
10.42, 16, 95, 26 → ________ < ________ < ________ < ________

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Answer key. Order four numbers to 100, least to greatest

1.85, 45, 75, 35 → 35 < 45 < 75 < 85
2.78, 67, 77, 88 → 67 < 77 < 78 < 88
3.4, 45, 99, 82 → 4 < 45 < 82 < 99
4.8, 67, 91, 57 → 8 < 57 < 67 < 91
5.7, 100, 56, 81 → 7 < 56 < 81 < 100
6.48, 38, 20, 4 → 4 < 20 < 38 < 48
7.30, 60, 21, 2 → 2 < 21 < 30 < 60
8.81, 98, 16, 78 → 16 < 78 < 81 < 98
9.98, 93, 76, 96 → 76 < 93 < 96 < 98
10.42, 16, 95, 26 → 16 < 26 < 42 < 95

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How it works

These ordering numbers worksheets give sets of three, four or five numbers to write from least to greatest or greatest to least. The page opens on numbers to 100, and the menu runs from 1 to 10 up to 10,000.

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How to order a set

Find the least number, write it, cross it out, and repeat. To compare two numbers, count their digits, then read the first digit that differs: 44 < 47 < 70 < 74. Texas names ordering in its standards, up to 120 in grade 1, 1,200 in grade 2 and 100,000 in grade 3. Common Core compares two numbers at a time.

Sets that share their digits

In Order four look-alike numbers to 99: 47, 74, 44, 70 a glance at the first digit is not enough, so pupils read tens and ones each time. The signs printed between the blanks show the way: < runs from least to greatest and > from greatest to least.

On a both ways sheet, have pupils circle the first sign on each line before they write anything.
On the sheet to 120, sort by the number of digits first: every 3-digit number comes after every 2-digit one.

Questions and answers

What does least to greatest mean?

Smallest number first and largest last: 44, 47, 70, 74. It is also called ascending order. Greatest to least, or descending order, runs the other way: 74, 70, 47, 44.

Are these number order worksheets for kindergarten?

The first two groups are: numbers from 1 to 10, then numbers to 20, in sets of three, four or five. After that the menu goes to 100, to 1,000 and to 10,000 for the grades that follow.

Is there an answer key?

Yes. The key prints as the last page with every set written in order. The Answer key box starts ticked; untick it before you press Print to get the sheet alone.

How many numbers are in each set?

Three, four or five, and the name of the sheet says which. Every set is printed out of order, so there is always something to do. The Problems menu changes how many sets print.

All 16 sheet types

Numbers 1 to 10 3

Order five numbers 1 to 10, least to greatest Half of the numbers from 1 to 10 in every set: 8, 1, 5, 3, 2 becomes 1 < 2 < 3 < 5 < 8. Eight sets. A pupil who crosses out each number as it is written will not use one twice.
Order four numbers 1 to 10, greatest to least Counting back: 3, 9, 4, 7 becomes 9 > 7 > 4 > 3. Eight sets of four numbers from 1 to 10, written from greatest to least with > between them.
Order three numbers 1 to 10, least to greatest The first sheet: three numbers from 1 to 10, such as 8, 1, 5, to write as 1 < 5 < 8. Eight sets, with the < signs already printed between the blanks, and never a set that is in order to begin with.

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Numbers to 20 2

Order five numbers to 20, greatest to least Five numbers from 1 to 20, greatest first: 2, 15, 12, 19, 4 becomes 19 > 15 > 12 > 4 > 2. Ten sets, each written with > between the blanks.
Order four numbers to 20, least to greatest Single digits and teen numbers meet in most sets: 10, 4, 16, 6 becomes 4 < 6 < 10 < 16. Ten sets. A number with a ten is greater than every number without one, which settles much of each line.

Numbers to 100 and to 120 5

Order five numbers to 100, greatest to least Five numbers from 1 to 100, greatest first: 33, 88, 80, 70, 29 becomes 88 > 80 > 70 > 33 > 29. Ten sets, each written with > between the blanks.
Order four look-alike 2-digit numbers, both ways Half the lines ask for least to greatest and half for greatest to least, and the signs printed between the blanks say which: 57, 75, 77, 55 is 55 < 57 < 75 < 77 one way and 77 > 75 > 57 > 55 the other.
Order four look-alike numbers to 99: 47, 74, 44, 70 Sets built from shared digits, so the order cannot be read off the first digit alone: 47, 74, 44, 70 becomes 44 < 47 < 70 < 74. Ten sets of four two-digit numbers, least to greatest.
Order four numbers to 100, least to greatest The sheet the page opens on: four numbers from 1 to 100, such as 56, 9, 72, 20, to write as 9 < 20 < 56 < 72. Ten sets. Pupils compare the tens first and the ones only when the tens match.
Order four numbers to 120, least to greatest Numbers from 1 to 120, the range Texas sets for ordering in grade 1: 104, 9, 87, 112 becomes 9 < 87 < 104 < 112. Ten sets, and most of them mix numbers of different lengths. A whole number with more digits is always the greater one.

Numbers to 1,000 3

Order five 3-digit numbers, both ways Five look-alike numbers a line, half the lines each way: 363, 336, 633, 366, 636 is 336 < 363 < 366 < 633 < 636 when the signs are <. Eight sets. Pupils read the sign before they start.
Order four 3-digit numbers, least to greatest Three-digit numbers that share digits: 587, 508, 578, 758 becomes 508 < 578 < 587 < 758. Ten sets. The hundreds decide first, then the tens, then the ones.
Order three 3-digit numbers, greatest to least Three look-alike numbers, greatest first: 747, 478, 748 becomes 748 > 747 > 478. Twelve sets. When the hundreds and the tens agree, as in 748 and 747, the ones decide.

Numbers to 10,000 3

Order five 4-digit numbers, least to greatest Five numbers a line: 5,678; 8,775; 5,778; 5,771; 7,578 becomes 5,678 < 5,771 < 5,778 < 7,578 < 8,775. Eight sets. Two of the five often agree down to the tens, so the last digit decides.
Order four 4-digit numbers, greatest to least Four-digit numbers with the same digits moved about: 2,546; 2,465; 5,426; 2,456 becomes 5,426 > 2,546 > 2,465 > 2,456. Eight sets, with semicolons between the numbers because each number carries a comma.
Order four numbers to 10,000, both ways Four numbers from 1,000 to 10,000 with no shared digits to lean on: 9,040; 3,186; 7,715; 1,002 is 1,002 < 3,186 < 7,715 < 9,040 from least to greatest. Half the lines run each way, and the printed signs say which.

How this list was compiled: Our own list of sheet types, written on 2026-10-01. Every set of numbers is made by the tool when the sheet is made, and the answer key is the same numbers sorted. Sheets of every type were made and each answer was sorted again by a separate program; the worked examples in this list were checked twice. Where ordering sits in school was read on 2026-10-01. The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for mathematics (https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/ch111a.pdf) name it: grade 1, 2(F), order whole numbers up to 120 using place value and open number lines; grade 2, 2(D), compare and order whole numbers up to 1,200; grade 3, 2(D), compare and order whole numbers up to 100,000. The Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (California Department of Education copy, https://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/ccssmathstandardaug2013.pdf) compare two numbers at a time: 1.NBT.3 for two-digit numbers and 2.NBT.4 for three-digit numbers. Neither standards body has reviewed these sheets. Licence: own work