Free interactive math game: Sort (10) — Order. Part of the Learning Numbers category on MathKite.
Taken from the generator that powers this exercise. A fresh set appears every time the page is opened, and the printable worksheet holds ten of them.
Putting a set of numbers in order from smallest to largest.
Find the smallest number and place it first, then repeat with whatever is left. Comparing two numbers at a time is easier than trying to see the whole order at once.
From 8, 9, 5 and 6 the smallest is 5, then 6, then 8, then 9, giving 5, 6, 8, 9.
Sorting by the first digit alone. That would place 12 before 9, because 1 looks smaller than 9 — count the digits first.