Place Value and the Power of Ten · Number and Operations

Thinking in Thousands

Visualising and partitioning numbers up to 10,000 using various representations.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does the value of a digit change as it shifts to the left in a number?
  2. 2Why is the digit zero essential when writing numbers like one thousand and four?
  3. 3In what ways can we partition 4,500 other than four thousands and five hundreds?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

KS2: Mathematics - Number and Place Value
Year: Year 4
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Place Value and the Power of Ten
Period: Number and Operations

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