How can you tell they’ve got it: Place value of each digit?

If they’ve got it, you’ll see things like: State the value of each digit in a four-digit number (e.g. in 7,345 the 7 represents 7 thousands); Partition a four-digit number into thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones; Compose a four-digit number from given place-value parts (e.g. 3000 + 400 + 50 + 2 = 3,452). Or just try it together: If your child sees the number 5,347, can they tell you the value of each digit — that the 5 means 5,000, the 3 means 300, the 4 means 40, and the 7 means 7?

Mathematics Number Representation & Place Value Ages 8–9

Place value of each digit

Your child knows the value of each digit in a number like 5,347 — that the 5 means 5,000 and the 3 means 300.

In curriculum terms

Recognise the place value of each digit in a four-digit number (thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones)

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How to tell they’ve got it

Tick these off as you see them — no test required.

State the value of each digit in a four-digit number (e.g. in 7,345 the 7 represents 7 thousands)
Partition a four-digit number into thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones
Compose a four-digit number from given place-value parts (e.g. 3000 + 400 + 50 + 2 = 3,452)

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Try this together

If your child sees the number 5,347, can they tell you the value of each digit — that the 5 means 5,000, the 3 means 300, the 4 means 40, and the 7 means 7?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

The three digits of a three-digit numberages 7–8Four-digit place value extends three-digit place value

Place value of each digitthis skill · ages 8–9

Unlocks

1000 More or Lessages 8–9Requires four-digit place-value understanding

Adding and subtractingages 8–9Four-digit operations require four-digit place-value understanding

Comparing Large Numbersages 8–9Comparing four-digit numbers requires four-digit PV

Numbers to 10,000ages 8–9Representing four-digit numbers requires knowing their place value

Place Value Problem-Solvingages 8–9PV problems require four-digit place-value understanding

Rounding to 10, 100, 1000ages 8–9Rounding to nearest 1000 requires four-digit PV understanding

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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 · 2 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9M3N03high confidenceYear 3 · Number

add and subtract two- and three-digit numbers using place value to partition, rearrange and regroup numbers to assist in calculations without a calculator

AC9M2N02high confidenceYear 2 · Number

partition, rearrange, regroup and rename two- and three-digit numbers using standard and non-standard groupings; recognise the role of a zero digit in place value notation

AC9M4N01medium confidenceYear 4 · Number

recognise and extend the application of place value to tenths and hundredths and use the conventions of decimal notation to name and represent decimals

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

MA2-RN-01high confidenceMathematics K-10 · Stage 2

MA1-RWN-01high confidenceMathematics K-10 · Stage 1

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2M3N04high confidenceMathematics · Level 3 · Number strand

VC2M2N02medium confidenceMathematics · Level 2 · Number strand

VC2M2N05medium confidenceMathematics · Level 2 · Number strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

Nearby on the map

1000 More or Lessages 8–9 Comparing Large Numbersages 8–9 Negative Numbersages 8–9 Numbers to 10,000ages 8–9

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