Year 6 Place Value and Negative Numbers: lesson and practice

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

• Read and write numbers up to 10,000,000 in figures and words, and say the value of every digit
• Compare and order numbers up to 10,000,000 and use the signs < and >
• Make the largest and smallest numbers from digit cards
• Round any whole number to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, 100,000 or 1,000,000, and explain the halfway rule
• Order negative numbers and count forwards and backwards through zero
• Work out intervals across zero, using steps to zero from each number
• Solve number and practical problems that use place value, rounding and negative numbers

You should already know

• Place value of numbers up to 1,000,000 (Year 5, Chapter 1)
• Rounding to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000 (Year 5, Chapter 1)
• Counting back through zero, for example with temperatures (Year 5, Chapter 1)

Where this leads

• Multiplying and dividing whole numbers by 10, 100 and 1,000, and using written methods with large numbers (Chapter 2)
• Place value of decimals to three decimal places (Chapter 5)
• Rounding to a degree of accuracy in estimates and in the SATs revision chapter (Chapter 13)