More Than or Less Than

Count and write down how many burgers there are. Count and write down how many cartons of chips there are. Draw more burgers to match the number of cartons of chips.

Count and write down how many bats there are. Count and write down how many balls there are. Draw more balls to match the number of bats.

Count and write down how many drinks there are. Count and write down how many boys there are. Draw more drinks to match the number of boys.

Count and draw more to match hats and heads.

Count and draw more to match: bats and balls

One more than: castles.

The boys are keen on getting more balls than anyone else, but they need some help deciding which is more.

'It's not fair, he's got more than me!' If your child has brothers or sisters he/she is probably already familiar with the terms 'more than' and 'less than'. But there's no harm in some extra practice with these penguins! All just with numbers up to 5.

Elephants are pretty big animals but they are not so good at deciding which number is bigger. A great set of worksheets to help understand the idea of 'bigger'.

Polar bears are big animals but they need help in deciding which is the bigger number on each pair of bears. Once again we keep to very small numbers.

Time for some colouring of elephants, cats and ducks - but not too much as only the groups with less in have to be coloured. Encourage the use of the terms 'less than' and 'more than' during these exercises.

One less than: lighthouses.

Understanding 'more than' and 'less than' are key concepts in the early years. Here is a set of worksheets which concentrates on which group of animals there are less of.

The boys are looking at the gold coins and trying to decide which of the sets has less in. Encourage your child to make up short sentences such as 'two coins is less than four coins'.

Colour the box to show which has more or less: ducks.

Colour the box to show which has more or less: monsters.

Colour the box to show which has more or less: dolls.

A set of four worksheets which looks at the term, 'more than'.

A set of four worksheets which looks at the term, 'more'.

A set of four worksheets which looks at the term, 'more'.

A set of four worksheets which looks at the term, 'less than'.

Which has less?

Which has less?

Crayons are in use again for these pages comparing cakes, ladybirds and much more.

More or less - cakes and flowers.

More or less - fish and dinosaurs.

More or less - seaside.

Draw one more penny in each of the bags and write how many there are altogether.

Draw one more sweet and write how many there are altogether.

One more than - fruit and vegetables.

One more than - ladybirds.

Find one more than a number.

Further work with 'one more than' and our cheeky gorillas!

Write the number one less than shown on the rockets.

Find one less than a number.

Write the number one less than the numbers shown.

One less than - castles.

It's party time and the children are playing musical chairs. There is always one less chair than children.

One less than- towers .

Write the numbers one less than and one more than the number of flowers shown.

Write the numbers one less than and one more than the number of objects shown.

Write the numbers one less than and one more than the number of gingerbread people shown.

Write the numbers one less than and one more than the number of monkeys shown.

Write the numbers one less than and one more than the number of shown in the eggs.

One less and one more - sea creatures.

Write the numbers one less than and one more than the number of rats shown.

One less and one more - Tommy Turtle.

Write the numbers one less than and one more than the number shown.

Comparing numbers up to 10 with the help of pictures and number lines.

Writing one more and one less than larger numbers in the teens.

Writing one more and one less than larger numbers in the teens.

Writing one more and one less than larger numbers in the teens.

Writing one more and one less than larger numbers in the teens.

Writing one more and one less than larger numbers in the teens.

Find two more than a number.

Find two less than a number.

Find two less than numbers below 10.

Finding two less and two more than numbers in the teens.

Finding two less and two more than numbers in the teens.

Finding two less and two more than numbers in the teens.

Finding two less and two more than numbers in the teens.