Smallest & Biggest Numbers to Millions
Maths: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 1.1.2
Finding the Smallest Numbers up to 1,000,000
You can put numbers into a place value grid to help you order the numbers.
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Which number is the smallest?
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Using place value grids
- Put the numbers into a place value grid.
- You can now work out which number is the smallest.
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The biggest column to change
- To find the smallest number, you need to find the biggest column to change using the place value grid.
- The biggest column to change is the 'hundred thousands' column.
The smallest number
- You can use the 'hundred thousands' column to work out which number is the smallest.
- The smallest number is 1,078,542.
Finding the Biggest Numbers up to 1,000,000
You can put numbers into a place value grid to help you order the numbers.
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Which number is the biggest?
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Using place value grids
- Put the numbers into a place value grid.
- You can now work out which number is the biggest.
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The biggest column to change
- To find the biggest number, you need to find the biggest column to change using the place value grid.
- The biggest column to change is the 'thousands' column.
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The biggest number
- You can use the 'thousands' column to work out which number is the biggest.
- The highest number in the 'thousands' column is 8.
- So, the biggest number is 5,348,532.