Comparative Words

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Comparative Words

• 1st Grade Math

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Using Comparative Words in Math

• When we compare objects in math we use words such
  as long, longer, longest, short, shorter,
  shortest, tall, taller, tallest, and high,
  higher,highest.

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Long, Longer, Longest

• The first alligator is long.
• The third alligator is longer.
• The second alligator is the longest.

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Long, Longer, Longest

• Which alligator is the longest?
• The second alligator is the longest.

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Short, Shorter, Shortest

• The first alien is short.
• The second alien is shorter.
• The third alien is the shortest.

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Short, Shorter, Shortest

• Which alien is the shortest?
• The third alien is the shortest.

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Tall, Taller, Tallest

• The third giraffe is tall.
• The second giraffe is taller than the third
  giraffe.
• The first giraffe is the tallest.

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Tall, Taller, Tallest

• Which giraffe is the tallest?
• The first giraffe is the tallest.

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High, Higher, Highest

• The second cloud is high.
• The third cloud is higher.
• The first cloud is the highest.

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High, Higher, Highest

• Which cloud is the highest?
• The first cloud is the highest.