Representing Numbers
Maths: Year 3 & 4 National Curriculum, topic 1.1.8
Representing Numbers
We can use objects to represent numbers by counting how many of them are there.
Shapes
- In the picture, each square represents a 1.
- The shape is made of 6 squares.
- So we can represent the number 6 by this shape.
Number line
- We can show numbers on a number line.
- The numbers on a number line start at 0 on the left and get bigger as you go to the right.
Place value
- We can use shapes to represent numbers in a place value grid.
- The grid shown represents the number 532.
- The hundreds column has 5 counters.
- The tens column has 3 counters.
- The ones column has 2 counters.
Test yourself on Representing Numbers
What number is shown in the place value grid?
Where would you put the number 100 on the number line shown?
Where would you put the number 305 on the number line shown?
Where would you put the number 750 on the number line shown?