🐊 BIGGER & SMALLER
PAGE 1 OF 5, MORE, LESS, OR EXACTLY THE SAME?
SIZE
THE QUESTION BEHIND EVERY PRICE TAG
Long before symbols, people compared: Who has more fruit? Which stick is longer? Which team scored higher? A whole number answers "how many" or "how far along the steps", and once numbers sit on a line (Topic 5), right means larger for the everyday counting numbers. Comparing two numbers is asking which one lives further along that road. If they land on the same tick, they are equal. Next pages put teeth on the idea, literally.
🧠 SAME QUESTION
"Which is greater?" = "Which is further right on the line?", for the numbers we use in class, that picture matches the rules.
MORE?
REAL LIFE
🍬 More sweets vs fewer
🏃 Faster time can mean smaller number
🎯 Words change; order idea stays
🏃 Faster time can mean smaller number
🎯 Words change; order idea stays
LINE
➡️ Rightward = larger (here)
↔ Line = fair judge
🧩 Same distance = same step
↔ Line = fair judge
🧩 Same distance = same step