:Population (Y4)
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Approach: One to one Level: Year 4
Focus:Interpreting place value.  
Resources: Population card.
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Questions/instructions:


Place population card in front of student
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Number of people living in a small town
2495


This card shows the number of people in a small town.
  1. Read the number to me.
read correctly with all usual place values
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  Point to the 4.
2. What does this 4 mean?

Prompt: What does the 4 stand for?
hundreds or four hundred
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  Point to the 5.
3. What does this 5 mean?

Prompt: What does the 5 stand for?
ones or five ones
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  Point to the 2.
4. What does this 2 mean?

Prompt: What does the 2 stand for?
thousands or two thousand
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  Point to the 9.
5. What does this 9 mean?

Prompt: What does the 9 stand for?
tens or nine tens or ninety
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Commentary.
About two thirds of the year 4 students correctly interpreted the place values of a 4 digit number. The parallel task for year 8 students (Population) used a seven digit number.
 
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