What should be smaller than?

What should be smaller than is something that fits inside or under another thing.

Imagine you have a box and a toy car. The toy car can go inside the box because it's smaller than the box. That’s what “smaller than” means, one thing has enough space to hold or cover another.

Think about when you eat a cracker. A cracker is smaller than your hand because it fits nicely inside it. If the cracker was as big as your whole body, it would be way harder to hold!

Sometimes, being smaller than means one thing can sit on top of another, like a book sitting on a table. The book is smaller than the table because it doesn’t take up all the space.

So next time you see something that fits inside or under another thing, remember: it’s smaller than!