Circle the Sign: Greater Than Less Than Worksheet

About this worksheet

A key bar across the top holds the three symbols with their names under them, less than, equal to, greater than, and it stays on the page while the child works. Eight boxed pairs follow, each with a blank square between the two numbers and a row of <, =, > underneath to choose from. The pairs run from 24 and 42 up to 60 and 60, and three of them are equal, so a child who has decided the answer is always one arrow or the other has to slow down.

Circling first and copying second is the point of the layout. Most first graders can say which number is bigger long before they can draw the symbol pointing the right way, and separating those two steps means a wrong answer tells you which of the two actually went wrong.

What students will practice

• Read the symbols <, = and > and say what each one means
• Compare two two-digit numbers by their tens and ones
• Write a comparison symbol the right way round

Details

Grade level

Grade 1

Subject

Math · Comparing numbers

Standard

CCSS 1.NBT.3

Pages

1

Format

PDF · US Letter and A4 included

License

Free for classroom use · Attribution appreciated

Last updated

September 21, 2026