Year 5 · Mathematics and statistics · Number
Place value, rounding and negative numbers
Read, write and order numbers to 1,000,000, round to the nearest 10 to 100,000, round decimals to whole numbers, use negative numbers on number lines and thermometers, and count in 11s and 12s.
Everything for this topic in one place
- 3D lesson: Place value, rounding and negative numbers — Build big numbers on a 3D place-value chart, slide a marker to round, read a thermometer below zero and count in 11s and 12s.
- Teacher presentation — slides to put on the projector.
- Worksheets at three levels — Tūī (support), Kererū (core) and Kea (extension), each with an answer key on the last page.
- Online practice — assign it to your class in the Crateclass classroom and the results come back by themselves.
Written for Te Mātaiaho, Phase 2 (Years 4–6), with New Zealand places, money and native birds.
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More Year 5 maths topics
Factors and multiples · Multiplication and division · Fractions, decimals and percentages · Fractions of amounts, percentages and money · Number sentences and patterns · Measurement: units, perimeter, area and volume · Angles and time · Prisms, nets, lines and transformations · Grouped data and clustered bar graphs · Chance and likelihood