1. Place Value – On Your Marks
Objective(s):
Place numbers to 100,000 on a line.
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2. Place Value – Skill Drill
Decide on the symbol that fills the box: either <, > or =
1) 34,205 □ 35,001
6) 9, □ 9,198
34,205 < 35,001
9, > 9,198
2) 67,034 □ 67,304
7) 6,500 □ 6,
67,034 < 67,304
6,500 = 6,
3) 10,910 □ 10,199
8) 72,541 □ 72,451
10,910 > 10,199
72,541 > 72,451
4) 52,654 □ 62,654
Do students need a reminder before you start? Revisit ideas from the previous lesson, refreshing the use of < and > [See today’s PowerPoint Slide 11]. 
Are students struggling once they’ve begun? Can you quickly deal with a small number of students one-to-one within the time limit, while the remainder complete the task? Or do you need to revise ideas from the previous lesson for the majority? [Refresh the use of < and > : See PowerPoint Slide 11.
When ready to begin, click the yellow box, or keyboard ↓ or  arrow to start the timer. Timer may be interrupted if all students finish, by clicking again.
52,654 < 62,654
9) Order smallest to largest:
23, , , ,321
12, , , ,554
5) 79,999 □ 80,001
79,999 < 80,001
Click HERE to start timer
STOP WRITING! 3 2 1
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3. Place Value – On The Blocks…
1. Read the numbers shown by the green arrows.
2. What number is labelled by the blue arrow? a b c d
You may need mini-whiteboards.
Possible answers: Blue arrow 10,555. Purple arrows a) 10,070 b) 10,250 c) 10,970.
3. What numbers might be shown by the purple arrows?
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4. Place Value – On The Blocks…
Read the numbers shown by the green arrows. a c b d e
You may need mini-whiteboards. Click once on the number line to use the animation to reveal and read together - the numbers between 10,000 and 20,000.
Possible answers: a) 11,500 b) 13,800 c) 15,250 d)16,800 e) 18,300.
What numbers might be shown by the other arrows?
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5. Place Value – On The Blocks…
Read the numbers shown by the green arrows. a c d e b
What numbers might be shown by the other arrows?
You may need mini-whiteboards. Click once on the number line to use the animation to reveal and read together - the numbers between 0 and 100,000.
Possible answers: a) b) 27,000 c) 40,700 d)70,500 e) 90,950.
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Place Value – Get Set…
Activity 1 9 7 5 2 1
Use these 5 digit cards to make a number that
will go between the blue arrows.
You may need mini-whiteboards.
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7. © Hamilton Trust Term 1 Week 1 Day 3
Place Value – Get Set…
Activity 1 8 6
Use these 5 digit cards to make a number
that will go between the green arrows. 4 3
You may need mini-whiteboards.
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8. Draw arrows to mark this set of numbers on your
Place Value – Get Set…
Activity 2
Draw arrows to mark this set of numbers on your
,000 number line. d e c b a
Encourage students to work as accurately as possible, recognising that working to the nearest 100 would be VERY tricky at this scale.
Use animation to reveal answer arrows.
a) 45,000 b) 12,000
c) 78,000
d) 47,500 e) 67,900
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9. Mark these sets of numbers on your
Place Value – Go!
Practice
Mark these sets of numbers on your
,000 number lines.
50,000
20,000
70,000
90,000
10,000
15,000
65,000
45,000
35,000
85,000
44,000
12,000
78,000
49,900
67,500
33,000
5,000
92,500
49,000
67,000
Encourage students to work as accurately as possible, recognising that working to the nearest 1, 10 or 100 is impractical at this scale.
Answers
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Place Value – Go!
Practice: Answers ↑
50,000
20,000
90,000
70,000
10,000 ↑
45,000
35,000
85,000
65,000
15,000
49,900
, ↑ ↑
44,000
78,000
67,500
12,000
Encourage students to work as accurately as possible, recognising that working to the nearest 1, 10 or 100 is impractical at this scale.
49,000↑ ↑
33,000
92, ↑
67,000
5,000
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11. Place Value – Image Resource
Revision
When you see the > and < symbols, imagine a greedy crocodile’s mouth…
It always has its ‘mouth open’ towards the biggest number:
26, ,000
24, ,000
90,001 > 89,999
11,101 < 11,110
Back to lesson (Skill Drill)
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