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

  2. 2.Which number is the largest?

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

  3. 3.Which of these is six thousand and four?

    • a) 6040
    • b) 6004
    • c) 640
    • d) 6400

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

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

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

  6. 6.Sort each number by whether it is nearer to 3,000 or nearer to 4,000.

    Groups: Nearer 3,000 · Nearer 4,000

    • 3,420
    • 3,050
    • 3,180
    • 3,750
    • 3,900
    • 3,610

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

    Mark the line with an X.

    400042004400460048005000

  8. 8.Round 3,482 to the nearest hundred.

Answer key — Year 4 Maths — Numbers beyond a thousand

  1. 1. 700
  2. 2. c) 7,802
  3. 3. b) 6004
  4. 4. 3000
  5. 5. 1. 2,905 2. 2,950 3. 5,029 4. 5,092 5. 9,205
  6. 6. 3,180 → Nearer 3,000; 3,420 → Nearer 3,000; 3,610 → Nearer 4,000; 3,900 → Nearer 4,000; 3,050 → Nearer 3,000; 3,750 → Nearer 4,000
  7. 7. 4500
  8. 8. 3500