Ordering Numbers Numeracy Assessment: Year 2 supports your students in building strong number sense by assessing their ability to compare, sequence and position numbers up to and beyond 1000. Through a variety of tasks involving numerals, number lines and place value reasoning, this assessment captures students’ understanding of number order and relative value in a clear and engaging way.

This resource is suitable for both formative and summative assessment and is ideal for whole-class instruction, small group activities or targeted intervention. It provides a flexible and purposeful way to gather data before reporting, during conferences or at the end of a numeracy unit. A detailed and editable Australian Curriculum-aligned rubric is included to support consistent and clear teacher assessment. An answer sheet is also provided to help streamline marking and save valuable time.

Ordering Numbers Numeracy Assessment: Year 2 includes a carefully sequenced set of tasks designed to assess and consolidate students’ ability to work with numbers in order. Students begin by identifying the smallest and largest numbers in mixed sets of numerals. They then move on to ordering sets from smallest to largest, and from largest to smallest, applying their knowledge of number patterns and digit value.

Further tasks ask students to complete number sequences by identifying missing values—strengthening their understanding of number progression and position. They are then challenged to place numbers on a number line with accuracy, considering spacing and scale. In the final section, students are asked to insert a new number into an existing number line and explain their reasoning, which provides valuable insight into their ability to use place value knowledge and number relationships for decision-making.

Whether you’re assessing at the end of a unit or looking for checkpoints throughout the term, this assessment provides a clear picture of student strengths and next steps in number ordering and comparison. It also supports the development of mathematical language as students are encouraged to verbalise and explain their number reasoning.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Identify the smallest and largest numbers in a group
• ✅ Order numerals from smallest to largest and vice versa
• ✅ Complete number sequences by identifying missing values
• ✅ Place numbers accurately on number lines
• ✅ Explain number order using place value reasoning

What’s Included:

• Student assessment worksheets with ordering, sequencing and number line tasks
• Editable Australian Curriculum-aligned teacher rubric
• Answer sheet for efficient marking

Materials Needed:

• Printed assessment worksheets
• Pencils or markers
• Number cards for modelling (optional)
• Laminated number lines or mini whiteboards for practice (optional)

How to Use:

• Begin with a warm-up using number cards to review sequencing and number comparison.
• Model how to identify the smallest and largest numbers in a set of mixed numerals.
• Guide students to complete ordering and sequence tasks independently or in small groups.
• Provide a number line and support students in accurately placing numbers and explaining their positions.
• Encourage students to justify their placements using place value vocabulary (e.g. “I know 640 comes between 600 and 700 because…”).
• Use the rubric to assess accuracy, reasoning and confidence with ordering tasks.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use at the end of a place value or number sequencing unit
• 💡 Implement as a checkpoint for small group assessment or interventions
• 💡 Add to portfolios to document growth in number order and reasoning
• 💡 Use for progress monitoring across terms or semesters
• 💡 Review and discuss responses in small groups to promote maths talk

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Use number lines with clear intervals to support students developing visual-spatial number sense
• 💛 Encourage students to describe how they made their ordering decisions aloud to strengthen verbal reasoning
• 💛 Provide scaffolds like number word posters or expanded form clues for students needing support
• 💛 Mixed Representations: Include sets with digit, word and expanded forms to challenge higher-order thinking
• 💛 Create Your Own: Ask students to design their own number line challenge and include a reasoning prompt for a classmate
• 💛 Repeat the assessment mid- and end-of-term to track ordering fluency and improvement

Ordering Numbers Numeracy Assessment: Year 2 is a valuable tool for capturing student understanding of number order and place value relationships. It supports confident reasoning, accurate placement and flexible thinking about numbers—essential foundations for ongoing numeracy development.