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Section A · Number and Place Value

Read, write, compare and order numbers up to 10,000,000 by understanding the value of every digit and using place value precisely.

place valuedigitmillionhundred thousandten thousandcompareorder

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DfE KS2 Maths · Section A · Number and Place Value

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First understand what the numbers mean. Every digit has a position and a value. Look at the place-value chart to see why.

Section A · Large Numbers · Stage 1

The digit 6 is a symbol; its value depends on the column where it sits. In 6,204,070, the leftmost 6 represents six millions.

One column left is ten times as valuable. We therefore need to name a digit’s position before saying how much it represents.

🔎 Mathematical model — follow the exact values

6,204,070 — read the labelled columns

Millions61,000,000s

Hundred thousands2100,000s

Ten thousands010,000s

Thousands41,000s

Hundreds0100s

Tens710s

Ones01s

6 × 1,000,000 = 6,000,000. The digit is 6, but its value is 6,000,000.

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Do not confuse the digit with its value: 6 is the digit, 6,000,000 is its value.

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