Step-by-step practice Maths textbook

Chapter 1: Place value to a million and decimals to tenths

  • Strand Number
  • Level Level 5
  • Practice 105 questions with step-by-step solutions

Step-by-step practice: maths (Level 5). Small steps, repeated until fluent. Content: Read, write, order and compare numbers to 1,000,000 and know the value of each digit (Y5 paraphrase), Round any whole number to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10000 or 100000 (Y5 paraphrase), Recognise and write decimals as tenths, and place them on a number line (Y4 paraphrase), Compare and order decimals to tenths (Y4 paraphrase).

Open Level 5 chapter

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

  • Say the value of each digit in a number to 1,000,000
  • Read and write big numbers in numerals and words
  • Find 10,000 more or less, and round big numbers
  • Read and write tenths as decimals
  • Compare and order decimals to tenths

You should already know

  • Numbers to 10,000 and their place value (Level 4, chapter 1)
  • Rounding to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000 (Level 4, chapter 2)

Where this leads

  • Adding and subtracting whole numbers to a million (chapter 2)
  • Decimals to hundredths (chapter 7)

Lessons in this chapter

  1. 1.1 Digits and place value to a million
  2. 1.2 10,000 more or less; comparing and ordering
  3. 1.3 Rounding to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10000 and 100,000
  4. 1.4 Decimals to tenths
  5. 1.5 Comparing and ordering decimals to tenths
  6. Summary and key words
  7. Check-up and practice test questions

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