Key Stage Two : Maths : Year Five Planning : Term One : Unit A : Lesson Five – Six Digits


This maths teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to compare and order a selection of different six digit numbers by the place value of their numerical digits. The class can build different numbers using combinations of ones, tens, hundreds and thousands to record in words and digits and then order from smallest to biggest.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to compare and order a selection of different six digit numbers by the place value of their numerical digits

Learning Objectives

Read, write, order and compare numbers to at least 1000000 and determine the value of each digit. Count forwards or backwards in steps of powers of 10.

Learning Outcomes

I can use and compare numbers with six digits by determining the value of each digit. I can identify the next hundred for five digit numbers.

Six Digits

Teaching sequence to help the children compare and order a selection of different six digit numbers by the place value of their numerical digits

Place Value Number cards

Activity to help the children generate and compare a selection of different six digit numbers by the place value of their digits

Next Hundred

Interactive activity to help the children identify the next hundred for different five digit numbers written in words and digits

Six Digits

Interactive activity to help the children compare and order a selection of different six digit numbers by the place value of their numerical digits

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to compare and order a selection of different six digit numbers by the place value of their numerical digits

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