Year 4 Number & Place Value

Read and write numbers to 10,000; compare, order, and round; work with negative numbers.

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RookieRead and interpret directly.

What is the value of the 0 in 4,083?

  • 0
  • 00
  • 100
  • It has no value.

Answer: 0. 0 sits in the hundreds column. Its value is 0, but it HOLDS the place.

ProCompare and infer.

On a number line marked at 0, 100, 200, 300, 400, where does 250 sit?

  • Halfway between 200 and 300.
  • Just before 100.
  • Halfway between 100 and 200.
  • At 100.

Answer: Halfway between 200 and 300.. 250 = 200 + 50, the midpoint of the 200–300 interval.

GuruMulti-step reasoning.

A pupil writes: 'The number 3,250 rounded to the nearest 1,000 is 3,000.' A teacher marks this wrong. Why?

  • The hundreds digit is 2, but the next digit (5 in tens of hundreds, i.e. the hundreds column) is 2 — actually 3,250 to the nearest 1,000 IS 3,000. The teacher is wrong.
  • Should be 4,000.
  • Should be 3,300.
  • Should be 2,000.

Answer: The hundreds digit is 2, but the next digit (5 in tens of hundreds, i.e. the hundreds column) is 2 — actually 3,250 to the nearest 1,000 IS 3,000. The teacher is wrong.. Look at hundreds digit (2). 2 < 5 → round down. 3,250 → 3,000. Pupil is right.

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What is covered in Year 4 Number & Place Value?
Read and write numbers to 10,000; compare, order, and round; work with negative numbers. Key skills include Place Value, Ordering Numbers, Rounding.

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