Place Value - Compare and Order (1) - Worksheet

The "Compare and Order" worksheet is an educational resource designed to help Year 6 students master the concept of place value up to 10,000,000. The National Curriculum objective for this lesson is to read, write, order, and compare numbers up to ten million and determine the value of each digit. To facilitate this learning, the worksheet provides differentiated activities that cater to varying levels of student proficiency, ranging from 'Working Towards' to 'Greater Depth'. The key vocabulary for this lesson includes terms such as 'place value', 'representation', 'millions', 'hundred thousands', and 'partitioned'. Using pictorial images and partitioned number representations, students compare whole numbers up to ten million, honing their understanding of the value of each digit in a number.

The worksheet poses key questions like "What is the value in each digit?" and "What is the value of ____ in this number?" to stimulate critical thinking and reinforce learning. For example, students are asked to use comparison symbols (>, <, =) to complete statements and make them true, such as comparing "four hundred and fifty thousand, one hundred and twenty-eight" with "three million, nine hundred and thirty-six thousand, four hundred and ninety-six". Additionally, in the reasoning and problem-solving section, students are challenged to insert digits into given statements to make correct comparisons, with the possibility of multiple solutions. This exercise not only solidifies their understanding of place value but also encourages them to explore various numerical possibilities within the given parameters.