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Which number is greater, 3,491 or 3,487?

We start comparing from left to right In the thousands period the ones have the same digit In the ones period the hundreds have the same digit In the ones period the tens have different digits 9>8 3,491 > 3,487

THINK: 8 tens < 9 tens 3,487 < 3,491.

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