Max Maths, Year 4, Learn together, Place value to 10000 (2)

The Max Maths Year 4 curriculum includes a lesson on understanding place value up to 10,000, which is an essential foundation for developing numeracy skills. In this particular activity, students are tasked with identifying the value of specific digits within larger numbers. For example, in the number 5,018, the digit 1 is located in the Tens place, giving it a value of 10. This exercise helps students to recognise that the position of a digit within a number determines its value, a concept that is crucial for understanding the decimal number system.

Further examples are provided to reinforce this concept. The digit 2 in the number 5,018 occupies the Hundreds place, making its value 200. Similarly, the digit 9 in the number 9,433 is in the Thousands place, which means it has a value of 9,000. Conversely, the digit 7 in the number 1,547 is in the Ones place, giving it a value of 7. The activity also highlights the value of digits in different positions across various numbers, such as the 5 in the Thousands place and the 8 in the Ones place, helping students to become fluent in recognising and calculating the value of digits based on their position in numbers up to four digits long.