1. Number and place value
Australia
Year 3
1.05 Read and write larger numbers
Lesson
Are you ready?
Can you read, write and model four-digit numbers ?
Examples
Example 1
How do we write the number 6107 in words?
A
Six thousand and seventy one
B
Six thousand, one hundred and seven
Worked Solution
Idea summary
When you are writing a number using digits, use 0 as a place holder if a place value column is empty.
Read and write larger numbers
Let's look at reading and writing larger numbers.
Examples
Example 2
How do we write the number 29\,107 in words?
A
Twenty nine thousand, one hundred and seven
B
Twenty nine thousand, and seventy one
Worked Solution
Example 3
Write twenty seven thousand, four hundred and fifty six in numerals.
Worked Solution
Idea summary
In a place value table, five-digit numbers start in the tens of thousands column and have a digit in each column down to the ones.