standard_description: Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones; e.g., 706 equals 7 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones. Understand the following as special cases:
- 100 can be thought of as a bundle of ten tens — called a “hundred.”
- The numbers 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 refer to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine hundreds (and 0 tens and 0 ones).
problem_activity: Task
Compare each pair of numbers. Write your comparison using $\lt, =,$ or $\gt$ and in words. Explain your answer with a picture.
99 and 100
154 and 231
453 and 428
351 and 354


aligns: no