The three digits of a three-digit number
Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones
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If your child sees the number 348, can they tell you there are 3 hundreds, 4 tens, and 8 ones — rather than just reading the digits as 'three four eight'?
Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones
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- State the value of each digit in a three-digit number (e.g. in 362, the 3 represents 3 hundreds)
- Partition a three-digit number into hundreds, tens, and ones (e.g. 485 = 400 + 80 + 5)
- Explain why 706 has 7 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones
“If your child sees the number 348, can they tell you there are 3 hundreds, 4 tens, and 8 ones — rather than just reading the digits as 'three four eight'?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Number Representation & Place Value
- Age range
- Ages 7–8
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