Number and Place Value for Year 6 (age 10-11)

Part-whole models are a great way to help read and write very large numbers.

Reading and writing very large numbers: harder than it seems!

Reading and writing large numbers with the aid of a place value grid.

Place value grids and large numbers.

More work on very large numbers using place value grids.

Know the value of digits in a number up to ten million.

Finding the value of digits using really large numbers.

Reading and writing very large numbers: millions.

Use knowledge of place value to add tens of thousands mentally.

Use knowledge of place value to add hundreds of thousands.

Reading and writing numbers to tens of millions.

Answer the questions using the place value chart with numbers in the millions.

Finding the value of digits including tenths, hundredths and thousandths.

More on decimals and place value.

Using place value charts to help understanding of dividing decimals by 10 and 100.

Place value charts and rounding.

Estimating tiles, flowers and stones.

Estimating bricks, leaves and flowers.

Estimating bricks,tiles and leaves.

Mini investigations involving amounts of time, large numbers and, not forgetting, blades of grass!

Estimating on a 0 to 10000 number line and making approximate answers to calculations.

Practice rounding 7-digit numbers to the nearest 10,000

Rounding 7-digit numbers to the nearest million.

Rounding very large numbers to the nearest ten thousand and rounding populations to the nearest million.

Take a look at just how large some cities are and round to the nearest million or hundred thousand.

A quick check on understanding and working with negative numbers.

Try adding negative numbers.

Tricky addition and subtraction of negative numbers.

Co-ordinates with negative numbers, including temperature and tide levels.

Co-ordinates in four quadrants are an excellent way to demonstrate knowledge of negative numbers.

Estimating and then measuring to the nearest millimetre requires a great deal of accuracy.

Add and subtract with square and cube numbers.

Remember, in a number sentence where there are several operations we need to stick to some rules.

Rule: multiply or divide before adding or subtracting.

Rule: solve the brackets first.

Rule: calculate both sets of brackets first.

It is very important that when faced with a series of calculations in a line that they are calculated in the correct order. Believe it or not this may not be the order that they come!

The statutory requirements for Year 6 Number