Comparing three-digit numbers: Challenge Page
Grade 2 · Place Value (Hundreds) · CCSS.Math.2.NBT
- Compare: 790 ___ 977 (>, <, =)
- Compare: 741 ___ 375 (>, <, =)
- Compare: 387 ___ 519 (>, <, =)
- Compare: 870 ___ 274 (>, <, =)
- Compare: 159 ___ 675 (>, <, =)
- Compare: 141 ___ 509 (>, <, =)
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This printable worksheet gives Grade 2 students focused practice on Comparing three-digit numbers, an essential building block within Place Value (Hundreds) and one of the milestone skills inside the Common Core CCSS.Math.2.NBT cluster.
We organize the page so the easier warm-up problems sit at the top and the more challenging stretch questions sit near the bottom, giving students a confidence boost before they reach the harder work. Mastery looks like solving most problems correctly without resorting to finger counting or repeated guessing.
Strong students can race the clock and aim for a personal best. Students who need more support can work in pairs and explain their thinking out loud, which is one of the highest-leverage moves in elementary math because it forces students to put fuzzy thinking into clear words.
Want a different angle on this skill? Try the matching variants in our Grade 2 · Place Value (Hundreds) collection, or jump up to the cross-grade Place Value (Hundreds) hub.
Parents tell us the most useful thing about this Comparing three-digit numbers page is how fast they can hand it to a kid. No login. No PDF locked behind an email gate. Click print, hand it over, get ten quiet minutes of real math practice without prepping anything.
This worksheet is aligned to Common Core State Standard CCSS.Math.2.NBT and supports the broader Place Value (Hundreds) progression that students continue to build through later grades. The same skill is revisited each year with greater abstraction, so the work your student does on this single sheet feeds into the multi-digit and multi-step problems they will see in middle school.
Pair this Comparing three-digit numbers worksheet with the rest of the Grade 2 Place Value (Hundreds) collection for a focused practice block that covers the standard from several angles in a single afternoon.
Sample problems on this worksheet
- Compare: 790 ___ 977 (>, <, =)
- Compare: 741 ___ 375 (>, <, =)
- Compare: 387 ___ 519 (>, <, =)
- Compare: 870 ___ 274 (>, <, =)
- Compare: 159 ___ 675 (>, <, =)
- Compare: 141 ___ 509 (>, <, =)
How to use this worksheet
Print one copy per child on standard letter or A4 paper. Set a quiet 10 to 15 minute window. Hand your student a sharpened pencil and an eraser, and let them work top to bottom. The first row is a warm-up on purpose. The last row is a stretch on purpose. Sit with them as they finish so any misconceptions surface right away instead of getting practiced into a bad habit.
If your student finishes quickly, flip the page over and ask them to write two new problems of their own that target the same skill. It's a powerful retention move. If they get stuck, pull out manipulatives that match the skill (counters for early addition, base-ten blocks for place value, fraction tiles for fractions) and work through one or two problems together before letting them try the rest on their own.
Common Core alignment
This page targets CCSS.Math.2.NBT inside the broader Place Value (Hundreds) progression. The skill is introduced earlier in elementary school through concrete representations and revisited each year with greater abstraction. To see how it develops across grade levels, visit our Place Value (Hundreds) hub. To see the rest of the Grade 2 work in this strand, visit the Grade 2 · Place Value (Hundreds) collection.