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Class 5 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.What number is 10000 more than 236500?

  2. 2.Match each number to what its 5 is worth.

    • 25130
    • 51302
    • 13052
    • 10325
    • 13520
    • 5
    • 5000
    • 50000
    • 500
    • 50

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

    Groups: Five digits or fewer · Six digits

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

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

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

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

    Mark the line with an X.

    470004750048000

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

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

  7. 7.Put these in order, smallest first.

    • 84025
    • 48250
    • 84205
    • 48520

  8. 8.What is the value of the 7 in 273481?

Answer key — Class 5 Maths — Numbers up to six digits

  1. 1. 246500
  2. 2. 25130 → 5000; 51302 → 50000; 13052 → 50; 10325 → 5; 13520 → 500
  3. 3. 98760 → Five digits or fewer; 100001 → Six digits; 87654 → Five digits or fewer; 234000 → Six digits; 99999 → Five digits or fewer; 150000 → Six digits
  4. 4. d) 0
  5. 5. 47400
  6. 6. b) 4 ten thousands
  7. 7. 1. 48250 2. 48520 3. 84025 4. 84205
  8. 8. 70000