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Year 3 Maths — Numbers beyond a thousand

Read, write, compare and round four-digit numbers.

Name: ________________________

Before you start

This line runs from four thousand to five thousand, and only every second tick is labelled. Find the numbers in between and see how far along each one sits.

400042004400460048005000

Halfway along is 4,500 — the number that decides which way everything between four and five thousand rounds.

  1. 1.Which number is the largest?

    • a) 7,208
    • b) 7,028
    • c) 7,802
    • d) 7,280

  2. 2.How many hundreds make 4,600 altogether?

  3. 3.Round 3,482 to the nearest thousand.

  4. 4.Which is larger, 8,309 or 8,390? Write the larger number.

  5. 5.Tap where 4,500 sits on this line.

    Mark the line with an X.

    400042004400460048005000

  6. 6.Put these numbers in order, smallest first.

    • 2,905
    • 5,029
    • 5,092
    • 9,205
    • 2,950

  7. 7.What is the value of the digit 7 in 4,725?

  8. 8.Match each number to the value of its digit 5.

    • 5,214
    • 1,528
    • 3,157
    • 8,435
    • 500
    • 5000
    • 50
    • 5

Answer key — Year 3 Maths — Numbers beyond a thousand

  1. 1. c) 7,802
  2. 2. 46
  3. 3. 3000
  4. 4. 8390
  5. 5. 4500
  6. 6. 1. 2,905 2. 2,950 3. 5,029 4. 5,092 5. 9,205
  7. 7. 700
  8. 8. 5,214 → 5000; 1,528 → 500; 3,157 → 50; 8,435 → 5