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Use place value to compose numbers up to 2,000 using hundreds, tens and ones

Lesson details

Learning outcome

I can use place value to compose numbers up to 2,000

Key learning points

  1. Numbers can be composed in different ways.
  2. Each thousand is equal to 10 hundreds or 100 tens.
  3. Numbers can be read in different ways. 1,300 is equal to 13 hundreds, but you might hear people read this as 13 hundred.

Keywords

  • Compose - Compose means joining together parts to make another number.

Common misconception

Pupils may not see that larger numbers can be composed in different ways.

Use place value charts to show pupils how numbers can be composed in different ways (e.g. 1700 = 17 hundreds, 170 tens or 1700 ones). Make clear links to how we can read the number and how this helps us to describe what it is composed of.

Teacher tip

Base 10 blocks or place value counters help pupils visualise and represent hundreds numbers up to 2,000. Emphasise the link between how we say the number name (e.g. 1 thousand 3 hundred, or 13 hundred) and its value (e.g. 13 hundreds or 130 tens). This helps us to describe how a number is composed.

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Lesson video

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Prior knowledge starter quiz

6 Questions

Q1.
Complete the sentence. 500 is composed of ___ hundreds.

Correct answer: 5
50
500

Q2.
Complete the sentence. 500 is composed of ___ tens.

5
Correct answer: 50
500

Q3.
What number is represented by the place value counters?

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Correct Answer: 1,000, 1000

Q4.
1,000 subtract 2 hundreds is equal to hundreds.

Correct Answer: 8, eight

Q5.
5 hundreds add ___ hundreds is equal to 1,000

Correct Answer: 5, five

Q6.
Match up each number with a way of composing it.

Correct Answer:1,1 one

1 one

Correct Answer:10,10 ones

10 ones

Correct Answer:100,10 tens

10 tens

Correct Answer:1000,10 hundreds

10 hundreds

6 Questions

Q1.
The place value counters represent…

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One thousand and twenty
Correct answer: One thousand two hundred
Correct answer: Twelve hundred
Fourteen hundred

Q2.
Which number is represented by the place value counters?

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160
1,006
1,060
Correct answer: 1,600

Q3.
1,500 is composed of

Correct answer: 15 hundreds
Correct answer: 1 thousand and 5 hundreds
15 tens
150 ones

Q4.
What number is missing from the number track?

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Correct Answer: 1,300, 1300

Q5.
What number is missing from the number track?

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Correct Answer: 1,800, 1800

Q6.
1,800 is composed of tens.

Correct Answer: 180

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