{"id":39,"date":"2022-04-11T04:36:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T04:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2025-09-06T04:36:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T04:36:39","slug":"b-3-greatest-and-least-word-problems-up-to-100","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/b-3-greatest-and-least-word-problems-up-to-100\/","title":{"rendered":"B.3 Greatest and least &#8211; word problems &#8211; up to 100"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-normal-font-size\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#00056d;text-transform:uppercase\"><strong>Greatest and least &#8211; word problems &#8211; up to 100<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Key notes <\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table has-normal-font-size\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000020\"><tbody><tr><td>\ud83c\udf88<strong>Understanding &#8220;Greatest&#8221; and &#8220;Least&#8221;:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>Greatest:<\/strong> The largest number in a set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Example: In the set 23, 56, and 78, the greatest number is 78.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>Least:<\/strong> The smallest number in a set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Example: In the set 23, 56, and 78, the least number is 23.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table has-normal-font-size\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000020\"><tbody><tr><td>\ud83e\udde8<strong>Identifying Keywords in Word Problems:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>Look for Clues:<\/strong> Words like &#8220;most,&#8221; &#8220;least,&#8221; &#8220;fewest,&#8221; &#8220;greatest,&#8221; &#8220;smallest,&#8221; and &#8220;largest&#8221; indicate what to find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-normal-font-size\">\n<li class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Example: &#8220;Who has the most apples?&#8221; suggests finding the greatest number.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table has-normal-font-size\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000020\"><tbody><tr><td>\ud83c\udf84<strong>Steps to Solve Word Problems:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-normal-font-size\">\n<li><strong>Read the Problem Carefully:<\/strong> Understand what is being asked.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Identify the Numbers:<\/strong> Pick out the numbers mentioned in the problem.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Determine the Question:<\/strong> Are you asked to find the greatest or the least number?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Compare the Numbers:<\/strong> Use comparison techniques to find the greatest or least.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Write the Answer:<\/strong> State the greatest or least number as required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table has-normal-font-size\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000020\"><tbody><tr><td>\ud83c\udf81<strong>Example Word Problems:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table has-normal-font-size\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000020\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Finding the Greatest:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">&#8220;Tom has 23 candies, Sarah has 48 candies, and Ben has 36 candies. Who has the most candies?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>Solution:<\/strong> Compare 23, 48, and 36. The greatest number is 48, so Sarah has the most candies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table has-normal-font-size\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000020\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Finding the Least:<\/strong>\ud83c\udf88<strong>Understanding &#8220;Greatest&#8221; and &#8220;Least&#8221;:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-normal-font-size\">\n<li>&#8220;There are 58 apples, 34 oranges, and 72 bananas in a basket. Which fruit is there the least of?&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Solution:<\/strong> Compare 58, 34, and 72. The least number is 34, so there are the least oranges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table has-normal-font-size\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000020\"><tbody><tr><td>\ud83c\udfaa<strong>Practice with Simple Sets:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-normal-font-size\">\n<li><strong>Small Number Sets:<\/strong> Start with sets of two or three numbers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Example: &#8220;Which is the least: 22, 49, or 17?&#8221; (Answer: 17).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gradually Increase Difficulty:<\/strong> Move to larger sets or include more complex wording as students gain confidence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-3fefd20f8ce119a518e5f53333ab5486\" style=\"color:#105000\"><strong>Learn with an example<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-primary-color has-text-color has-background has-normal-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#aeb8f2\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">A real estate agent looked into how many houses were sold in different cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-normal-font-size\" style=\"color:#580c0c\"><strong>House sales<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table has-normal-font-size\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>City<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Number of houses sold<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Briggs Corner<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">61<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Centre City<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">68<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Parville<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">62<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Liberty City<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">67<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-normal-font-size wp-elements-589e00b913098225345cba38a3c5b207\" style=\"color:#b00012\"><strong>Where were the most houses sold?  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background-background-color has-background has-normal-font-size\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Find the greatest number in the table. Remember to compare the numbers starting with the highest place value. The greatest number is 68.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now find the corresponding city. <strong>Centre City<\/strong> corresponds to 68.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-primary-color has-text-color has-background has-normal-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#aff2f0\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>A pumpkin patch monitored the number of pumpkins sold each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Pumpkins sold<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Day<\/td><td>Number of pumpkins<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Saturday<\/td><td>14<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sunday<\/td><td>13<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Monday<\/td><td>11<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tuesday<\/td><td>19<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-normal-font-size wp-elements-f20baa8fa740c354f742a87017de83a1\" style=\"color:#b00012\"><strong>On which day did the pumpkin patch sell the fewest pumpkins?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Find the least number in the table. Remember to compare the numbers starting with the highest place value. The least number is 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now find the corresponding day. <strong>Monday<\/strong> corresponds to 11.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background has-normal-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#d5ddfb\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Rob looked over his calendar to see how many times he had soccer practice each month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Soccer practice<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Month<\/td><td>Number of practices<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>October<\/td><td>20<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>November<\/td><td>26<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>March<\/td><td>27<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>April<\/td><td>29<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-990f67d72e32d979cc9c7542e4d43eb9\" style=\"color:#b00012\"><strong>In which month did Rob have the most soccer practices?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>October<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>November<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>March<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>April<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Find the greatest number in the table. Remember to compare the numbers starting with the highest place value. The greatest number is 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now find the corresponding month. April corresponds to 29.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#d90000\">Let&#8217;s practice!\ud83d\udd8a\ufe0f <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/76090\/902\/490\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-3-68.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-3-68.png 500w, https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-3-68-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-3-68-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-3-68-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/76089\/728\/348\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-2-68.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-2-68.png 500w, https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-2-68-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-2-68-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-2-68-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greatest and least &#8211; word problems &#8211; up to 100 Key notes : \ud83c\udf88Understanding &#8220;Greatest&#8221; and &#8220;Least&#8221;: Greatest: The largest number in a set. Least: The smallest number in a set. \ud83e\udde8Identifying Keywords in Word Problems: Look for Clues: Words like &#8220;most,&#8221; &#8220;least,&#8221; &#8220;fewest,&#8221; &#8220;greatest,&#8221; &#8220;smallest,&#8221; and &#8220;largest&#8221; indicate what to find. \ud83c\udf84Steps to Solve<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/b-3-greatest-and-least-word-problems-up-to-100\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;B.3 Greatest and least &#8211; word problems &#8211; up to 100&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-39","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22147,"href":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions\/22147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2ndclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}