Comparing and ordering numbers

There are 87 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Comparing and ordering numbers
Making Sticks
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Making sticks

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5 to 7
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Kimie and Sebastian were making sticks from interlocking cubes and lining them up. Can they make their lines the same length? Can they make any other lines?
Robot Monsters
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Robot monsters

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5 to 7
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Use these head, body and leg pieces to make Robot Monsters which are different heights.
Caterpillars
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Caterpillars

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5 to 7
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These caterpillars have 16 parts. What different shapes do they make if each part lies in the small squares of a 4 by 4 square?
Birthday Cakes
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Birthday cakes

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5 to 7
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Jack's mum bought some candles to use on his birthday cakes and when his sister was born, she used them on her cakes too. Can you use the information to find out when Kate was born?
Magic Vs
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Magic vs

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7 to 11
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Can you put the numbers 1-5 in the V shape so that both 'arms' have the same total?

Giants
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Giants

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16 to 18
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Which is the bigger, 9^10 or 10^9 ? Which is the bigger, 99^100 or 100^99 ?
Venn diagrams
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Venn diagrams

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5 to 11
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How will you complete these interactive Venn diagrams?

Consecutive Seven
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Consecutive seven

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11 to 14
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Can you arrange these numbers into 7 subsets, each of three numbers, so that when the numbers in each are added together, they make seven consecutive numbers?
Nice or Nasty
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Nice or nasty

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7 to 14
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There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...
Number Lines in Disguise
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Number lines in disguise

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Some of the numbers have fallen off Becky's number line. Can you figure out what they were?