One million is composed of 1,000 thousands. One million is written as a one followed by six zeros.

A placeholder is where we use the digit zero to hold a place in a number and maintain place value. Placeholders are used so that we can write numerals properly.

Representing numbers up to 10 million

Maths

 In this unit pupils will identify and place the position of 6-digit multiple of one thousand numbers on a marked, but unlabelled, number line. They will read scales by using their knowledge of the composition of 10000 and 100000. In the future unit pupils will use representations to identify and explain patterns in powers of 10 and read numbers with up to 7 digits efficiently.

In the prior unit pupils explained how one hundred thousand can be composed and read and wrote numbers up to one million. In this unit pupils will identify and place the position of 6-digit multiple of one thousand numbers, on a marked, but unlabelled number line They will read scales in graphing and measures contexts by using their knowledge of the composition of 10000 and 100000. 

Understand place value within numbers with up to 7 digits

What number is represented by the place value counters? Write your answer as a numeral, remembering to use separator commas.

What number is represented by these place value counters? Write your answer as a numeral, remembering to use separator commas.

What number is represented in this part of a Gattegno chart? Write your answer as a numeral remembering to use separator commas.

Nine million, four hundred and six thousand, six hundred and seven is written as  ___

Complete the blank in the sentence: 1,000 more than this number is one million, three hundred and {{ }} thousand, three hundred and twelve.

Complete the blank in the sentence: 100,000 more than this number is one million, {{ }} hundred and twenty-four thousand, three hundred and twelve.

Write this number, given as a numeral, in words: 509,000

Look at this number: 4932883     How should it be written using separator commas?

Look at this number: 9812334.1    How should it be written using separator commas and a decimal point?

Read this number and complete the blank in the sentence.    9,725,000     Nine {{ }}, seven hundred and twenty-five thousand.

Read this number and complete the blank in the sentence.  8,762,145
Eight million, seven hundred and sixty-two {{ }}, one hundred and forty-five.

Jacob has incorrectly written his answer to a calculation as 29,476,53.7   How should he have written this?

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Representing numbers up to 10 million

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.