KS2 Maths textbook

Year 5 Place Value to 1,000,000: lesson and practice

  • Strand Number
  • Level Year 5
  • Practice 134 questions with step-by-step solutions

National Curriculum for England, Key Stage 2 mathematics, Year 5. Content: Read, write, order and compare numbers to at least 1,000,000 and know the value of each digit, Count forwards or backwards in steps of powers of 10 for any given number up to 1,000,000, Interpret negative numbers in context; count forwards and backwards through zero, Round any number up to 1,000,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000, Solve number and practical problems that involve all of the above, Read Roman numerals to 1,000 (M) and recognise years written in Roman numerals.

Open Year 5 chapter

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

  • Read, write and partition numbers up to 1,000,000 and say the value of every digit
  • Order and compare numbers up to 1,000,000 and use the signs < and >
  • Count on and back in 10s, 100s, 1,000s, 10,000s and 100,000s from any number, including missing numbers in a sequence
  • Use negative numbers in real life (temperatures, depths and bank balances) and count through zero
  • Round numbers to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000 and use rounding to estimate
  • Read and write Roman numerals up to 1,000 and read years such as MCMXCIX and MMXXVI
  • Solve problems and puzzles that use place value, ordering, rounding and negative numbers

You should already know

  • Place value of numbers up to 10,000
  • Counting in steps of 1,000 and finding 1,000 more or less
  • Rounding to the nearest 10, 100 and 1,000
  • Counting back through zero (temperatures)
  • Roman numerals to 100

Where this leads

  • Adding and subtracting numbers with more than 4 digits (Chapter 2)
  • Multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1,000 (Chapters 4 and 5)
  • Decimals and place value to three decimal places (Chapter 7)
  • Place value to 10,000,000 and calculating across zero in Year 6

Lessons in this chapter

  1. 1.1 Reading and writing numbers to 1,000,000 · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  2. 1.2 Comparing and ordering numbers to 1,000,000 · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  3. 1.3 Counting in steps of 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000 · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  4. 1.4 Negative numbers: temperatures, depths and bank balances · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  5. 1.5 Rounding and estimating · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  6. 1.6 Roman numerals to 1,000 and years · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  7. 1.7 Solving number and practical problems · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  8. Summary and key words
  9. Check-up and SATs-style questions · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)

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