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Lesson Plan Compare Numbers To 1 000 000

This document outlines a lesson plan for teaching Year 5 students about number comparisons and place value, focusing on numbers up to 1,000,000. It includes success criteria, resources needed, prior learning requirements, and a structured learning sequence with various activities to engage students in comparing numbers using mathematical symbols. The lesson emphasizes both visual and abstract methods for understanding number value and comparisons.

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Lesson Plan Compare Numbers To 1 000 000

This document outlines a lesson plan for teaching Year 5 students about number comparisons and place value, focusing on numbers up to 1,000,000. It includes success criteria, resources needed, prior learning requirements, and a structured learning sequence with various activities to engage students in comparing numbers using mathematical symbols. The lesson emphasizes both visual and abstract methods for understanding number value and comparisons.

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Number and Place Value: Number Comparisons

Aim: Success Criteria: Resources:


Read, write, order and compare numbers to I can determine the value of each digit in Lesson Pack
at least 1 000 000 and determine the value numbers up to 1 000 000.
of each digit.
Box – one per group, if not using the
I can use visual and abstract methods to Popcorn Box Net
To order and compare numbers to at least compare numbers.
1 000 000.
I can choose a suitable method to compare
numbers in a range of mathematical
contexts.

Key/New Words: Preparation:


Place value, number, digit, greater than, less Popcorn Box Net – one per child/pair
than, order, compare, partition.
Popcorn Number Cards – one per group
of three, cut out and screwed up into a ball
to look like popcorn, and placed into the
Popcorn Box or a different, suitable box
Popcorn Symbol Cards – one per group
of three, cut out and screwed up into a ball
to look like popcorn, and placed into the
Popcorn Box or a different, suitable box
Diving into Mastery sheets – as required

It will be helpful if children have covered reading and writing numbers up to at least 1 000 000, and identifying the value
Prior Learning:
of each digit. Click here for lessons that cover this.

Learning Sequence

Remember it: Using the Lesson Presentation, subtract digits provided from numbers up to 1 000 000. Discuss
methods of calculation and final answers.

Numbers in Words: Children solve the calculations shown on the Lesson Presentation on their whiteboards.
Can children solve the calculations using written and visual methods?

Greater Than and Less Than: Introduce the use of the greater than and less than symbols to compare numbers,
referring to the examples shown on the Lesson Presentation. Explain how the wider side of the symbol opens
out towards to bigger number, using the diagram on the Lesson Presentation. Click to identify the meaning of
the symbol. Can children solve the calculations using written and visual methods?

Symbol Selection: Children select the correct symbol to complete each number sentence. Choose children to
click on a symbol for each number sentence. If they choose correctly, the symbol will turn green. Can children
use the greater than, less than and equals symbols to compare numbers? Can children recognise which digit
in a number they should look at first when comparing numbers?

Popcorn Comparisons: Put children into groups of three, where possible. Give each group their Popcorn Box (if
using) filled with the screwed up Popcorn Number Cards and the Popcorn Symbol Cards. Each group member
takes a Popcorn Card. Each group should have two white cards and one yellow card. Groups assemble their
cards to create an accurate inequality. Repeat with the remaining Popcorn Cards in the box. You may wish to
photograph children’s work or they could record their calculations in their books. Can children use the correct
mathematical symbols when comparing numbers?

Maths | Year 5 | Number and Place Value | Read and Write Numbers | visit twinkl.com
Lesson 6 of 7: Number Comparisons
Diving into Mastery: Schools using a mastery approach may prefer to use the following as an alternative activity.
These sheets might not necessarily be used in a linear way. Some children might begin at the ‘Deeper’ section
and in fact, others may ‘dive straight in’ to the ‘Deepest’ section if they have already mastered the skill and are
applying this to show their depth of understanding.

Children use concrete and pictorial resources (including place value counters and place value
grids) to compare numbers as digits or written in words. They compare numbers using the correct
mathematical symbols.

Children answer a range of reasoning and problem solving questions using concrete, pictorial
and abstract representations. They use the correct mathematical symbols to compare numbers,
justifying their responses with reasoning and examples.

Children answer problem solving questions that have a wide variety of potential solutions. Using the
mastery approach, children find all potential solutions to a given problem, justifying their reasoning
with evidence and explanation where necessary.

Destroy the Digits: Using the Lesson Presentation, children decide which digits need to be destroyed to make
the calculation correct.

ExploreIt
RollIt: Children work in pairs and take turns to roll a four-digit, five-digit or six-digit number. Children compare their numbers using the
greater than or less than symbols.
CompareIt: Use these differentiated Order and Compare Numbers Mastery Activity Sheets to master ordering and comparing numbers.
LearnIt: Children will find this visually exciting Knowledge Organiser a useful tool for learning how to compare numbers up to 1 000 000.

Maths | Year 5 | Number and Place Value | Read and Write Numbers | visit twinkl.com
Lesson 6 of 7: Number Comparisons

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