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Sheet # 45 Critical Thinking

Name: _____________________ Date_____________


Use drawings, words, or numbers to explain how you got your answer.

Look at the number below.

4158

Change the order of the digits to make the biggest number possible. Write the number on the line.





Change the order of the digits to make the smallest number possible. Write the number on the line.





Explain what you had to think about to make your number. Use words, numbers, or pictures.





















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Answers for sheet # 45

1) 8541

2) 1458

3) Place value. To make the biggest number, you have to put 8 on thousands place, 5 on hundreds place, 4 on tens place and 1 on ones place. To make the smallest number, 1 on thousands place, 4 on hundreds place, 5 on tens place and 8 on ones place.