Ordering Numbers (Year 4)
Practise ordering numbers within Number & Place Value for Year 4, with worked examples and instant feedback.
The questions below are generated to match the National Curriculum for Year 4 and get harder as you progress from Rookie to Guru.
Worked examples
In the number 4,623 what is the value of the digit 6?
- 600
- 6
- 60
- 6,000
Answer: 600. 6 is in the hundreds column, so its value is 6 × 100 = 600.
What is 1,000 less than 5,247?
- 4,247
- 5,147
- 5,237
- 247
Answer: 4,247. Subtract 1 from the thousands digit: 5 → 4.
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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