Place value - Thousands, hundreds, tens and ones - Starter

Master the Curriculum presents an engaging starter activity for Year 4 students, designed to reinforce their understanding of place value focusing on thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones. The "Fluent in Four" revision segment encourages pupils to practice quick mental arithmetic and to represent numbers both numerically and in words. For instance, students are tasked with calculating multiplication problems, such as 8 times 6, and converting the results into both numeral and word form. These exercises serve as a warm-up to the main topic of the lesson, which is set in the context of the Autumn Term, Week 2, Day 3.

The lesson continues with practical applications of place value knowledge, where students must calculate the total number of cubes in given scenarios. They are asked to determine the total number of cubes in seven towers of eight cubes each, and then in twenty-two towers of eight cubes each, promoting the use of multiplication and addition to solve real-world problems. Additionally, the activity includes representing fractions visually and understanding their numerical value, such as identifying what portion of a shape is shaded. Students are also provided with a set of digits and must correctly assemble them into a numeral and then write the corresponding word form, enhancing their comprehension of the base-ten number system.