Important update from TheSchoolRun
For the past 13 years, TheSchoolRun has been run by a small team of mums working from home, dedicated to providing quality educational resources to primary school parents. Unfortunately, rising supplier costs and falling revenue have made it impossible for us to continue operating, and we’ve had to make the difficult decision to close. The good news: We’ve arranged for another educational provider to take over many of our resources. These will be hosted on a new portal, where the content will be updated and expanded to support your child’s learning.
What this means for subscribers:
- Your subscription is still active, and for now, you can keep using the website as normal — just log in with your usual details to access all our articles and resources*.
- In a few months, all resources will move to the new portal. You’ll continue to have access there until your subscription ends. We’ll send you full details nearer the time.
- As a thank you for your support, we’ll also be sending you 16 primary school eBooks (worth £108.84) to download and keep.
A few changes to be aware of:
- The Learning Journey weekly email has ended, but your child’s plan will still be updated on your dashboard each Monday. Just log in to see the recommended worksheets.
- The 11+ weekly emails have now ended. We sent you all the remaining emails in the series at the end of March — please check your inbox (and spam folder) if you haven’t seen them. You can also follow the full programme here: 11+ Learning Journey.
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]. Thank you for being part of our journey it’s been a privilege to support your family’s learning.
*If you need to reset your password, it will still work as usual. Please check your spam folder if the reset email doesn’t appear in your inbox.
Read, write and order seven-digit numbers
What are the rules for writing large numbers?
In primary school, children are typically introduced to basic rules for writing big numbers to help them understand and articulate numerical values.
Here are some simplified rules:
- Understanding place value: children learn that the position of a digit in a number represents its value. For example, in the number 536, the 5 represents 500 (hundreds place), the 3 represents 30 (tens place), and the 6 represents 6 (ones place).
- Using commas for thousands: they learn to use commas to separate groups of three digits in larger numbers for easier reading. For example, 3,456 or 10,987.
- Counting by hundreds, thousands, and millions: they practice counting in increments of hundreds, thousands, and eventually millions to grasp the concept of larger quantities.
- Reading and writing numbers in words: children are taught to read and write numbers in words, starting with smaller numbers and gradually progressing to bigger ones. For example, 456 can be written as four hundred fifty-six.
- Understanding orders of magnitude: they learn about the magnitude of numbers, understanding that numbers increase by factors of ten as they move to the left in the place value chart (e.g., units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.).
- Using number lines: number lines are often used as visual aids to help children understand the relative size and position of numbers on a scale.
- Visual representations: base-10 blocks or place value charts are used to help children visualise and understand the composition of larger numbers.
How will this worksheet help my child with large numbers?
In this Read, write and order seven-digit numbers worksheet, your child is provided with a clear example of place value and how to write out a seven-digit number. They will then have plenty of opportunity to practise writing seven-digit numbers and understanding place value.
They will need to fill all the gaps in by writing the words in numbers or digits (depending on what is missing). Then, with help if needed, they can cut the numbers out and put them in order, from smallest to largest.
