Compare Three-Digit Numbers is a free printable Grade 2 maths worksheet on comparison decided at the hundreds, aligned to Common Core standard 2.NBT.A.4. It prints 12 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
2.NBT.A.4
Write < , > or = between the numbers.
LessonPrint · 2.NBT.A.4 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
It practises comparison decided at the hundreds — 12 questions for Grade 2, all on Common Core 2.NBT.A.4: Compare three-digit numbers. The instruction to pupils is “Write < , > or = between the numbers”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.NBT.A.4 — 2.NBT.A.4, in the Number & Operations in Base Ten domain for Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Compare two three-digit numbers based on meanings of the hundreds, tens, and ones digits, using >, =, and < symbols.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
Compare Three-Digit Numbers is written for Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on 2.NBT.A.4, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Yes. All 12 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Yes. Compare Three-Digit Numbers, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Yes — “Comparing Numbers to 1000” is a 45-minute Grade 2 plan for 2.NBT.A.4, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Compare Three-Digit Numbers is the practice that follows it.
Compare three-digit numbers.
Teaching this next? Comparing Numbers to 1000 is the 45-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 2.NBT.A.4 of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics.