Summary
In “Hundreds and Thousands,” the Numberjacks leap out of the sofa to fix a maths problem all about 10, 100 and 1000. A full episode (~14 min) from the BBC CBeebies maths-adventure series — a quick, friendly way to anchor a numeracy warm-up or maths centre.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Each step -- ten, a hundred, a thousand -- is ten times bigger than the one before, and the digits show how many of each we have.
- How many tens make a hundred? How many hundreds make a thousand?
- Which number in the episode was the biggest?
- What comes after a thousand if we keep going?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: ten, hundred, thousand, digit, place value, compare.
Try it: Write 10, 100 and 1000 in a column and say how many of the smaller make the next one up.