Counting forwards and backwards (age 9+)
Your child can count forwards and backwards in steps of 1,000 or 10,000. From 34,500 they say 44,500, then 54,500.
In curriculum terms
Count forwards and backwards in steps of powers of 10 (10, 100, 1000, 10,000, 100,000) for any given number up to 1,000,000
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How to tell they’ve got it
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Try this together
Can your child count forwards and backwards in steps of 1,000 or 10,000 from any starting number — like 34,500, 44,500, 54,500 — without losing track?
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Curriculum alignment
Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.
Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 3 VIC
Australian Curriculum v9 candidate
recognise, represent and order natural numbers using naming and writing conventions for numerals beyond 10 000
follow and create algorithms involving a sequence of steps and decisions to investigate numbers; describe any emerging patterns
multiply and divide decimals by multiples of powers of 10 without a calculator, applying knowledge of place value and proficiency with multiplication facts; using estimation and rounding to check the reasonableness of answers
Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only
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