More than, Less than, Equal to

1. More Than Less Than & Equal To Kindergarten Mathematics

2. Meet the Alligator Family I’m Mr. Less Than. I’m Mrs. More Than.

3. We like to eat bigger numbered fish. 10 7

4. We don’t like small fish when there are bigger ones to eat. 3 5 2 Aww , she doesn’t want us.

5. Something to Remember: The alligator always wants to eat the bigger number!!

6. What fish will be eaten by the alligator? 5 7 ?

7. What fish will be eaten by the alligator?

8. What alligator would eat this fish? or * Remember: The alligator eats the BIGGER number!

9. What alligator would eat this fish ? Mr. Less Than!

10. Rules for reading more than, less than. You read the problem left-to-right. Bigger number on left is more than . Bigger number on right is less than . Mr. Less Than Mrs. Less Than

11. Equal To Rules: When the numbers are the same, they are equal to each other.

12. These fish are equal to each other. 9 9 Hey look, we are the same! You are my twin!

13. Now, do these on your own: You read the problem left-to-right. Bigger number on left is more than . Bigger number on right is less than . When the numbers are the same, they are equal to each other. Remember these rules:

14. What fish would be eaten and by what alligator? 8 4

15. What fish would be eaten and by what alligator? 8 4

16. What fish would be eaten and by what alligator? 7 7

17. What fish would be eaten and by what alligator? 7 7 No alligators will eat this. They are equal !

18. THE END 3 10 Photo Credits: Cartoon Alligator: Frits Ahefeldt-Laurvig . Dec. 17, 2009 Knit Bow: Sammy 4586 Mar. 22, 2010