Ordering Numbers to Millions
Maths: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 5.1.2
Ordering Numbers to Millions
Follow these steps to order numbers from smallest to biggest.
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Order from smallest to biggest
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Place value grid
- Start by putting the numbers into a place value grid.
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'Millions' column
- Look at the 'millions' column first.
- You can see that 1,342,794 is the smallest number because it has the fewest millions.
'Hundred thousands' column
- The other numbers all have 2 'millions'.
- So you need to look at the 'hundred thousands' column.
- You can see that 2,342,661 is the next smallest number as it has the smallest 'hundred thousands' from the numbers with 2 'millions'.
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'Ten thousands' column
- The other numbers both have the same amount of 'hundred thousands'.
- So you need to look at the 'ten thousands' column.
- You can see that 2,743,572 is the next smallest number as it has the smallest 'ten thousands' from the remaining numbers.
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Order from smallest to biggest
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