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Year 4 Maths — Numbers up to six digits

Read, compare, order and round whole numbers up to six digits.

Name: ________________________

Before you start

This line runs from zero to one hundred thousand in steps of ten thousand. Look at where each number falls, and how far apart the steps are.

020000400006000080000100000

Every one of those steps is ten thousand. A six-digit number is a whole line like this one and then more.

  1. 1.Which digit is in the ten thousands place in 605218?

    • a) 0
    • b) 6
    • c) 2
    • d) 5

  2. 2.In 348617, what is the 4 worth?

    • a) 4 hundreds
    • b) 4 thousands
    • c) 4 ten thousands
    • d) 4 hundred thousands

  3. 3.What number is one more than 89999?

  4. 4.Round 47382 to the nearest thousand.

  5. 5.47382 lies between two hundreds. Tap the hundred it rounds to.

    Mark the line with an X.

    470004750048000

  6. 6.How many thousands make 60000?

  7. 7.Which of these is the largest number?

    • a) 99099
    • b) 99909
    • c) 90909
    • d) 90999

  8. 8.Sort each number by how many digits it has.

    Groups: Five digits or fewer · Six digits

    • 87654
    • 100001
    • 150000
    • 98760
    • 99999
    • 234000

Answer key — Year 4 Maths — Numbers up to six digits

  1. 1. a) 0
  2. 2. c) 4 ten thousands
  3. 3. 90000
  4. 4. 47000
  5. 5. 47400
  6. 6. 60
  7. 7. b) 99909
  8. 8. 98760 → Five digits or fewer; 100001 → Six digits; 87654 → Five digits or fewer; 234000 → Six digits; 99999 → Five digits or fewer; 150000 → Six digits