Max Maths, Year 6, Learn together, Numbers to the millions (4)

In the Max Maths Year 6 curriculum, students are encouraged to learn and practise counting in large increments, specifically by hundreds of thousands and five hundred thousands. This exercise is designed to enhance their understanding and fluency with large numbers up to the millions. For instance, in the activity focused on counting by 100,000s, students start with the number 4,905,118 and successively add 100,000 to reach subsequent numbers such as 5,005,118, 5,105,118, and so on, up to 5,305,118. This patterned addition helps solidify their ability to work with and conceptualize large numbers, a crucial skill for higher-level mathematics.

Similarly, the exercise on counting by 500,000s challenges students to increase their starting number by half a million each step. Beginning with 1,500,900, they add 500,000 to find the next number in the sequence, which would be 2,000,900, and continue this pattern up to 3,500,900. Another set of numbers begins at 400,000, with increments of 500,000 leading to numbers like 900,000 and 1,400,000. This activity not only reinforces the concept of large number addition but also encourages mental arithmetic and number sequence recognition, vital skills for young mathematicians progressing in their education.