Practice Task: Ticket Master Adapted from Georgia Department of Education Common Core Georgia Performance Standards Framework Teacher Edition Fourth Grade Mathematics • Unit 1 MATHEMATICS GRADE 4 UNIT 1: Whole Numbers, Place Value, and Rounding

BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE Students should have had prior experiences and/or instruction with ordering large numbers. This activity may be used as an assessment or as an independent follow-up activity for reinforcement or review ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS • How can we compare large numbers? • What determines the value of a number? • Why is it important for me to be able to compare numbers? MATERIALS • Tickets • Paper bag • “Ticket Master” Recording Sheet GROUPING Partner Task TASK DESCRIPTION, DEVELOPMENT AND DISCUSSION In this task, students order and compare 6-digit numbers found on preprinted ticket stubs. They will place them in ascending and/or descending order. Then they will compare two numbers using a greater than (>), less than (