Reception Maths · Comparing quantities · Summary
Reception Maths Comparing quantities: summary and key words
Part of the Reception Maths comparing quantities chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page
Chapter summary
| Skill | Method |
|---|---|
| Match one to one | Pair the things up. The group with things left over has more. |
| The same | Equal groups have the same number, even if they look different. |
| Greater and less | Greater means bigger and comes later when we count. Less means smaller. |
| One more, one less | One more is the next number. One less is the number before. |
| Most and fewest | Count every group. The biggest number is the most, the smallest is the fewest. |
Can you…?
- I can match things one to one to see which group has more or fewer
- I can say when two groups are the same
- I can say which number is greater and which is less, up to 20
- I can say the number that is one more or one less
- I can find the group with the most and the fewest in three groups
Key terms
- more
- a bigger number of things
- fewer
- a smaller number of things
- the same
- equal: the same number of things
- match
- pair one thing with one thing
- greater than
- bigger than
- less than
- smaller than
- one more
- the next number
- one less
- the number just before
- most
- the biggest number of things
- fewest
- the smallest number of things