Thinking about Thousands

Task 1
Complete the number sequences.

1.

1000 2000

2.

6000 9000

3.

7000 5000

Task 2
Which number do both of the models represent? ................................

Model 1 Model 2

100 100 100 100 100

100 100 100 100 100

100 100 100 100 100

100 100 100 100 100

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Task 3
Eli, Amy and Fiona are trying to represent the number 4000.
Which of them is incorrect? Explain your answer.

Eli

Amy

100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

Fiona

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

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Task 4
Prove that this statement is incorrect.

When counting up in steps of 1000, the numbers

in the sequence will always have 4 digits.

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Task 1
Complete the number sequences.

1.

1000 2000 3000 4000

2.

6000 7000 8000 9000

3.

7000 6000 5000 4000

Task 2
2000
Which number do both of the models represent? ................................

Model 1 Model 2

100 100 100 100 100

100 100 100 100 100

100 100 100 100 100

100 100 100 100 100

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Task 3
Eli, Amy and Fiona are trying to represent the number 4000.
Which of them is incorrect? Explain your answer.

Eli

Amy

100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

Fiona

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

Fiona is incorrect. She has used counters with a value of 10,

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so she has represented 400 instead of 4000.

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Task 4
Prove that this statement is incorrect.

When counting up in steps of 1000, the numbers

in the sequence will always have 4 digits.

E.g. Once you have counted past 9000, the numbers

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have five digits, e.g. 10 000, 11 000, 12 000 etc.

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