Practice More and Less in Math

Use these practice problems to test your method after reviewing the concept explanation and worked examples.

Quick Recap

Comparing two quantities to determine which is greater, which is smaller, or whether they are equal.

Like comparing piles of blocksβ€”the taller pile has more. Or compare two rows one-to-one; the row with leftover has more.

Showing a random 20 of 64 problems.

Example 1

hard
You have 2 red blocks and 3 blue blocks. Are there more red or more blue blocks?

Example 2

easy
Maya has 5 grapes. Liam has 1 more grape than Maya. How many grapes does Liam have?

Example 3

medium
Which has more dots? Card A: βˆ™βˆ™\bullet \bullet. Card B: βˆ™βˆ™βˆ™βˆ™βˆ™\bullet \bullet \bullet \bullet \bullet.

Example 4

easy
What is 10 more than 30?

Example 5

medium
Order these from least to greatest: 23, 19, 31, 9.

Example 6

easy
The school library has 325 picture books and 287 chapter books. How many more picture books than chapter books?

Example 7

medium
Compare using <<, >>, or ==: 704β€…β€Š?β€…β€Š740704 \;?\; 740.

Example 8

medium
Mia has 365 beads. Ava has 100 less than Mia. Noah has 100 more than Mia. How many beads do Ava and Noah each have?

Example 9

easy
Which comes first when counting up, 4 or 7?

Example 10

easy
What is 10 less than 80?

Example 11

medium
What number is 1 less than 10?

Example 12

medium
Which is greater, 23\frac{2}{3} or 34\frac{3}{4}? Use cross-multiplication to decide.

Example 13

easy
True or false: 6<66 < 6.

Example 14

easy
Sara has 13 marbles. Ben has 19 marbles. How many more marbles does Ben have than Sara?

Example 15

easy
What is 1 more than 6?

Example 16

hard
A toy store has 528 stuffed animals on Monday. They sell 100, then receive a shipment of 245. How many do they have now, and how many more or fewer than at the start?

Example 17

medium
A recipe needs more than 2 cups but less than 3 cups of flour. Could 2.52.5 cups work?

Example 18

medium
Row A: 🐝🐝🐝. Row B: 🐝🐝🐝. Which row has more?

Example 19

medium
πŸͺπŸͺπŸͺπŸͺ cookies on the plate. πŸͺπŸͺ cookies in the jar. Which has fewer?

Example 20

medium
Which is greater, βˆ’3-3 or βˆ’5-5?