Arrange numbers from smallest to largest or largest to smallest.
Where your child meets this in real life: Ranking items by price, ordering scores, or sorting data
Each SEAG paper has 28 maths questions. Questions 29 to 50 are multiple choice with five possible answers, and questions 51 to 56 need a short written answer. With 56 questions in 60 minutes across English and maths, that is about a minute per question.
SEAGReady breaks order a set of whole numbers into 3 steps, taught in order so each skill builds on the last.
Order 3-4 numbers with the same number of digits from smallest to largest
Order numbers with different digit counts from smallest to largest
Order numbers from largest to smallest (descending order)
Try three free questions from our order a set of whole numbers course. They start easy and get harder, so you can see where your child's confidence runs out. If they manage the last one without a hint, this topic is probably secure. If not, the steps above show where to start.
Put these numbers in order from smallest to largest: 3,456, 3,214, 3,789, 3,123
The attendance at four events was: concert 9,876 people, market 987 people, football match 98,765 people, and cinema 98 people. Put these numbers in order from smallest to largest.
Seven accounts have these follower counts: 923,456; 123,456; 12,345; 1,234; 123; 12; and 234,567. Put the numbers in descending order.
This is the exact interactive worked example your child sees in SEAGReady. Step through it and watch the method build up.
Four counters show A: 4,567, B: 4,321, C: 4,892 and D: 4,156.
Put the numbers in order from smallest to largest.
4,567, 4,321, 4,892, 4,156
Every number has 4 thousands, so this place is tied
Step 1 of 3
Four counters show A: 4,567, B: 4,321, C: 4,892 and D: 4,156.
Put the numbers in order from smallest to largest.
From smallest to largest: 4,156, 4,321, 4,567, 4,892.
The key insight: When leading digits tie, move right until a column is different.
Common mix-up: Ordering by the final digit. The first different place from the left has the greater value.
These are the misconceptions we see most often in order a set of whole numbers, including the ones our practice questions are specifically designed to catch.
Struggling with order a set of whole numbers? The real gap is often in one of these earlier topics.
Sitting the SEAG test this November? Read our last-month revision plan, Paper 1 vs Paper 2 and test day guide.
SEAGReady finds the exact step where your child gets stuck, teaches it with worked examples like the one above, and brings it back for review so it sticks.
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