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Subtract multiples of powers of 10 crossing the millions boundary

I can subtract multiples of powers of 10 crossing the millions boundary.

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Year 6

Subtract multiples of powers of 10 crossing the millions boundary

I can subtract multiples of powers of 10 crossing the millions boundary.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Powers of 10 and their multiples can be subtracted using the language of unitising.
  2. Known facts can be used alongside unitising to subtract powers of 10 and their multiples.
  3. Subtraction of powers of 10 and their multiples can be represented on a number line.

Keywords

  • Million - One million is composed of one thousand thousands. 1,000 × 1,000 = 1,000,000 We write one million as a one followed by six zeros.

  • Unitise - When we unitise, we treat groups that contain, or represent, the same numbers of things as ‘units’ or ‘ones’.

  • Power of 10 - A power of 10 is when 10 is multiplied by itself a certain number of times.

Common misconception

Children may struggle with the language of unitising.

Encourage children to read aloud and spot what they notice - which known fact can they see - what is the same/different?

Children need to be secure with known number facts to 20 to ensure they can unitise successfully minimising overload. Children need to be aware of the structure: if one part remains the same but the whole increases by an amount then the difference will increase by the same amount.
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Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the equation to the correct difference.
Correct Answer:1,600 − 500 = ,1,100

1,100

Correct Answer:1,600 − 600 = ,1,000

1,000

Correct Answer:1,600 − 700 = ,900

900

Correct Answer:1,600 − 800 = ,800

800

Correct Answer:1,600 − 900 = ,700

700

Q2.
1,700 − = 900
Correct Answer: 800
Q3.
Match the number word to its numeral.
Correct Answer:19 hundreds ,1,900

1,900

Correct Answer:19 thousands,19,000

19,000

Correct Answer:19 tens,190

190

Correct Answer:19 ones,19

19

Correct Answer:19 ten thousands,190,000

190,000

Q4.
Complete: 1,603,690 − 400,000 =
Correct Answer: 1,203,690 , 1203690 , 1 203 690
Q5.
Aisha and Lucas play a game. Lucas wins 800 points and Aisha wins 4,200 points. How many more points does Aisha have?
Correct Answer: 3,400, 3400
Q6.
Lucas thinks of a number. His number is 600 less than 9,200 what is the number that he is thinking of?
Correct Answer: 8,600, 8600

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the subtraction equations to the difference.
Correct Answer:1,400,000 − 400,000 =,1,000,000

1,000,000

Correct Answer:1,400,000 − 500,000 = ,900,000

900,000

Correct Answer:1,400,000 − 600,000 = ,800,000

800,000

Correct Answer:1,400,000 − 700,000 = ,700,000

700,000

Correct Answer:1,400,000 − 800,000 = ,600,000

600,000

Q2.
6,300,000 − 800,000 =
Correct Answer: 5,500,000, 5500000
Q3.
Match the subtraction equation to the correct difference.
Correct Answer:4,000,000 − 1,000,000 = ,3,000,000

3,000,000

Correct Answer:4,000,000 − 100,000 = ,3,900,000

3,900,000

Correct Answer:4,000,000 − 10,000 = ,3,990,000

3,990,000

Correct Answer:4,000,000 − 1,000 =, 3,999,000

3,999,000

Q4.
7,000,000 − 50,000 =
Correct Answer: 6,950,000, 6950000
Q5.
Aisha is thinking of a number. Her number is 500,000 less than 3,200,000 What number is she thinking of?
Correct answer: 2,700,000
3,150,000
3,250,000
3,700,000
Q6.
Lucas has scored 5,000,000 points during his computer game. He then gets captured and loses seventy thousand points. How many points does he have now?
5,070,000
5,700,000
4,300,000
Correct answer: 4,930,000