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A one-page CAPS Grade 4 Maths poster on whole numbers (Numbers), with the key ideas, key words and a tip to remember.
In a 4-digit number, each digit has a place: thousands, hundreds, tens and ones.
In 6 281 the 2 is worth 200 and the 8 is worth 80.
Write a number in parts. A zero means there is none of that place. Say the number in words.
5 000 + 300 + 4 = 5 304
5 304 is five thousand three hundred and four.
7 450 > 7 405 > 7 054
From smallest to biggest: 7 054, 7 405, 7 450.
100 more or less changes the hundreds digit. 1 000 more or less changes the thousands digit.
100 more than 2 835 is 2 935.
1 000 less than 2 835 is 1 835.
9 999 + 1 = 10 000 (ten thousand).
2 468 to the nearest 10 is 2 470.
2 468 to the nearest 100 is 2 500.
2 468 to the nearest 1 000 is 2 000.
Digits 3, 8, 0 and 5:
biggest 8 530, smallest 3 058
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