✏️ Year 4 White Rose Maths ✏️
Book 4A — Unit 1: Place Value (4‑digit numbers 1)
Complete Answers & Working Notes
Complete Answers & Working Notes
📘 Lesson 1 — Represent & partition numbers to 1,000 (p.6–8)
Q1 Write each number — count the blocks!
| Part | Hundreds | Tens | Ones | Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| a) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 121 |
| b) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 203 |
| c) | 1 | 5 | 5 | 155 |
| d) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 243 |
Count hundred squares ×100, ten rods ×10, ones cubes ×1, then add.
Q2 Draw or make each number:
a) 135
= 100 + 30 + 5
= 100 + 30 + 5
b) 315
= 300 + 10 + 5
= 300 + 10 + 5
c) 351
= 300 + 50 + 1
= 300 + 50 + 1
Q3 Circle the correct value of each underlined digit:
- a) 325 → 2 tens (worth 20)
- b) 205 → 2 hundreds (worth 200)
- c) 202 → 2 ones (worth 2)
Q4 Partition the numbers:
- a) 892 = 8 hundreds, 9 tens, 2 ones
- b) 705 = 7 hundreds, 0 tens, 5 ones
Q5 Part‑whole models:
- 400 + 60 + 2 → whole = 462
- 555 = 500 + 50 + 5
Q6 Complete the additions:
| a) 400+50+2 | b) 3+70+900 | c) 300+20 | d) 800+7 | e) 3+600 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 452 | 973 | 320 | 807 | 603 |
| f) 90+700 | g) 864=800+__+4 | h) 936=6+30+__ | i) 573=500+3+__ | j) 771=70+1+__ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 790 | 60 | 900 | 70 | 700 |
⚡ Challenge Q7 — Making 212 with 5 counters ⚡
H+T+O = 5 counters, H≥1. All 15 possible numbers:
b) Yes — work systematically: for each hundreds digit (1–5), list every split of the remaining counters between T and O. This proves all 15 are found.
For 6 counters (H+T+O=6): 21 numbers — 600, 510, 501, 420, 411, 402, 330, 321, 312, 303, 240, 231, 222, 213, 204, 150, 141, 132, 123, 114, 105.
H+T+O = 5 counters, H≥1. All 15 possible numbers:
| H | T | O | Number | H | T | O | Number | H | T | O | Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 4 | 104 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 212 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 401 |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 113 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 221 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 410 |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 122 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 230 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 500 |
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 131 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 302 | ||||
| 1 | 4 | 0 | 140 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 311 | ||||
| 2 | 0 | 3 | 203 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 320 |
For 6 counters (H+T+O=6): 21 numbers — 600, 510, 501, 420, 411, 402, 330, 321, 312, 303, 240, 231, 222, 213, 204, 150, 141, 132, 123, 114, 105.
🌟 Reflect — 3‑digit numbers with 6 ones & 2 hundreds → pattern 2 _ 6:
206, 216, 226, 236, 246, 256, 266, 276, 286, 296 (10 numbers)
206, 216, 226, 236, 246, 256, 266, 276, 286, 296 (10 numbers)
📗 Lesson 2 — Number line to 1,000 (p.9–11)
Q1 Write the missing numbers
a) 0 → 1,000 (step = 100)
0 — 100 — 200 — 300 — 400 — 500 — 600 — 700 — 800 — 900 — 1,000
0 — 100 — 200 — 300 — 400 — 500 — 600 — 700 — 800 — 900 — 1,000
b) 600 → 700 (step = 10)
600 — 610 — 620 — 630 — 640 — 650 — 660 — 670 — 680 — 690 — 700
600 — 610 — 620 — 630 — 640 — 650 — 660 — 670 — 680 — 690 — 700
c) 650 → 660 (step = 1)
650 — 651 — 652 — 653 — 654 — 655 — 656 — 657 — 658 — 659 — 660
650 — 651 — 652 — 653 — 654 — 655 — 656 — 657 — 658 — 659 — 660
Q2 Join each number to the correct place
500
600
520
530
560
580
590
200
300
210
230
240
270
280
Q3 Write the numbers shown
- a) Line 0→1,000, ticks every 100 — count ticks from 0 and ×100 to read each arrow.
- b) Line 500→600, ticks every 10 — count ticks from 500 and ×10, then add to 500.
Use this exact method on the arrows printed in your own book.
Q4 Estimate how much is in each jug (0–1,000 ml scale, halfway = 500 ml)
| Jug | Estimate | How to tell |
|---|---|---|
| a) | ≈100 ml | level well below the 500 ml line |
| b) | ≈900 ml | level just under the top |
| c) | ≈500 ml | level exactly at the halfway line |
| d) | ≈750 ml | level about 3/4 of the way up |
Q5 Estimate the position of 229, 215, 249, 271, 285 on the line 200→300
200
250
300
215
229
249
271
285
⚡ Challenge Q6 — Number line 0→1,000 ⚡
0
1,000
24
475
725
999
🌟 Reflect — The number in the middle of a number line is the average of the two end values (e.g. middle of 0–1,000 = 500).
📙 Lesson 3 — Multiples of 1,000 (p.12–14)
Q1 Count the cups (each cup = 1,000)
- a) 4 cups → 4,000
- b) 5 cups → 5,000
Q2 Write these multiples of 1,000 (each cube = 1,000)
| a) 2 cubes | b) 10 cubes | c) 8 cubes | d) 6 cubes | e) 9 cubes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,000 | 10,000 | 8,000 | 6,000 | 9,000 |
Q3 Complete the number tracks (step = 1,000)
a) 2,000 — 3,000 — 4,000 — 5,000 — 6,000 — 7,000 — 8,000
b) 10,000 — 9,000 — 8,000 — 7,000 — 6,000 — 5,000 — 4,000
Q4 Find all the multiples of 1,000 in the grid
7,0,0,0 is circled as the example. Scan rows/columns/diagonals for other runs of a digit followed by three zeros — e.g. patterns making 4,000 / 8,000 / 5,000 / 3,000 / 6,000 / 9,000 / 1,000 / 2,000 — circle each one you find, same style as the example. ✏️
7,0,0,0 is circled as the example. Scan rows/columns/diagonals for other runs of a digit followed by three zeros — e.g. patterns making 4,000 / 8,000 / 5,000 / 3,000 / 6,000 / 9,000 / 1,000 / 2,000 — circle each one you find, same style as the example. ✏️
Q5 Green pencils
Total = 10 × 1,000 = 10,000
Red = 2,000 Blue = 5,000
Green = 10,000 − 2,000 − 5,000 = 3,000
Red = 2,000 Blue = 5,000
Green = 10,000 − 2,000 − 5,000 = 3,000
| 2,000 red | 5,000 blue | 3,000 green |
⚡ Challenge Q6 — Circle the correct answers ⚡
- a) 1 thousand is equal to: 10 hundreds
- b) 3 thousands is equal to: 3,000 ones (30 hundreds is also =3,000)
- c) 50 hundreds is equal to: 5 thousands
- d) 700 tens is equal to: 7 thousands
🌟 Reflect — “Count in 1,000s” game example:
1,000 → 2,000 → 3,000 → 4,000 → 5,000 → 6,000 → 7,000 → 8,000 → 9,000 → 10,000 (add 1,000 each turn)
1,000 → 2,000 → 3,000 → 4,000 → 5,000 → 6,000 → 7,000 → 8,000 → 9,000 → 10,000 (add 1,000 each turn)
📕 Lesson 4 — 4‑digit numbers (p.15–17)
Q1 Match the pairs
| Row | Th | H | T | O | Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1,325 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2,133 |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1,324 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2,113 |
Q2 Write each number from the place value chart
| Th | H | T | O | Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a) | 2,2 | 1,1 | 1,1,1 | 1 | 2,231 |
| b) | 2,2 | 1,1,1 | 1,1 | 1,1 | 2,322 |
| c) | 1,1,1,1 | 1,1,1 | 1,1,1,1 | – | 4,340 |
| d) | 1,1 | 1 | – | 1,1,1,1 | 2,104 |
Q3 Draw place value counters
a) 2,223
Th: 1k1k H: 100100 T: 1010 O: 111
Th: 1k1k H: 100100 T: 1010 O: 111
b) 2,121
Th: 1k1k H: 100 T: 1010 O: 1
Th: 1k1k H: 100 T: 1010 O: 1
c) 2,021
Th: 1k1k H: (none) T: 1010 O: 1
Th: 1k1k H: (none) T: 1010 O: 1
d) 2,020
Th: 1k1k H: (none) T: 1010 O: (none)
Th: 1k1k H: (none) T: 1010 O: (none)
Q4 Use cards 9, 9, 8, 8 once each — all different 4‑digit numbers (6 total):
9,988 9,898 9,889
8,998 8,989 8,899
8,998 8,989 8,899
⚡ Challenge Q5 — Mystery 4-digit number ⚡
▲ × ◆ = 30 and ◆ − ▲ = 1 → two numbers differing by 1 that multiply to 30 → ▲=5, ◆=6
◆ − ♥ = 6 → ♥ = 6 − 6 = 0
◆ − ● − ♥ = ▲ → 6 − ● − 0 = 5 → ● = 1
All different ✓ → Number = ▲◆♥● = 5,601
▲ × ◆ = 30 and ◆ − ▲ = 1 → two numbers differing by 1 that multiply to 30 → ▲=5, ◆=6
◆ − ♥ = 6 → ♥ = 6 − 6 = 0
◆ − ● − ♥ = ▲ → 6 − ● − 0 = 5 → ● = 1
All different ✓ → Number = ▲◆♥● = 5,601
📒 Lesson 5 — Partition 4‑digit numbers (p.18–20)
Q1a Partition into Th, H, T, O
- 2,324 = 2 Th, 3 H, 2 T, 4 O
- 6,281 = 6 Th, 2 H, 8 T, 1 O
- 4,427 = 4 Th, 4 H, 2 T, 7 O
- 9,988 = 9 Th, 9 H, 8 T, 8 O
- 5 Th, 2 H, 3 T, 7 O = 5,237
- 2 Th, 8 H, 9 T, 4 O = 2,894
- 9 Th, 1 H, 3 T, 6 O = 9,136
- 7 Th, 6 H, 5 T, 4 O = 7,654
Q2 Complete each partition as an addition
| a) 3,000+500+10+1 | b) 5,000+300+90+3 | c) 5+30+900+7,000 | d) 9,000+7+50+300 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,511 | 5,393 | 7,935 | 9,357 |
- e) 1,574 = 4 + 70 + 500 + 1,000
- f) 4,141 = 1 + 40 + 100 + 4,000
Q3 Tick the value of each underlined digit
| Number | 5 | 50 | 500 | 5,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,5̲52 | ✔ | |||
| 5,23̲5 | ✔ | |||
| 1,5̲55 | ✔ | |||
| 5̲,055 | ✔ |
Q4 Join matching pairs
- 2,068 = 2,000 + 60 + 8
- 2,608 = 2,000 + 600 + 8
- 2,806 = 2,000 + 800 + 6
- 2,680 = 2,000 + 600 + 80
- 6,820 = 6,000 + 800 + 20
- 6,802 = 6,000 + 800 + 2
Q5 Partition into place value additions
| a) 4,400 | b) 4,040 | c) 4,004 | d) 3,030 | e) 1,010 | f) 6,060 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,000+400 | 4,000+40 | 4,000+4 | 3,000+30 | 1,000+10 | 6,000+60 |
⚡ Challenge Q6 — Andy’s number ⚡
Let Th digit = T digit = x (must be even since H = x÷2). O digit = x+2.
Draw counters for any of these, e.g. 2,124 → Th ●●, H ●, T ●●, O ●●●●
Let Th digit = T digit = x (must be even since H = x÷2). O digit = x+2.
| x (Th & T) | H = x÷2 | O = x+2 | Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 2,124 |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | 4,246 |
| 6 | 3 | 8 | 6,368 |
| 8 | 4 | 10 ✗ | not possible |
🌟 Reflect — Make up your own mystery number puzzle (digit relationships, products, differences) and challenge a partner to solve it!
📓 Lesson 6 — Partition 4‑digit numbers flexibly (p.21–23)
Q1 Five different ways to partition 2,321:
2,000 + 300 + 20 + 1
2,000 + 300 + 21
2,000 + 321
2,300 + 21
1,000 + 1,300 + 20 + 1
2,000 + 300 + 21
2,000 + 321
2,300 + 21
1,000 + 1,300 + 20 + 1
Q2 Complete the additions
| a) 8,000+535 | b) 5,000+700+24 | c) 2,000+1,000+44 | d) 1,000+1,000+600+21 | e) 5,000+2,300+90+9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8,535 | 5,724 | 3,044 | 2,621 | 7,399 |
- f) 4,286 = 4,000+200+ 86
- g) 9,147 = 9,000+ 147
- h) 7,565 = 7,500+ 65
- i) 5,535 = 5,000+500+20+ 15
- j) 6,177 = 6,000+170+ 7
Q3 Mr Jones’s car: £3,750 − £3,000 = £750 ✔ (circle this one)
Q4 Part-whole model for 4,816 (= 4,000+800+10+6)
- 4,816 − 10 = 4,806
- 4,816 − 4,000 = 816
- 4,816 − 800 = 4,016
- 4,816 − 6 = 4,810
Q5 Complete the subtractions
| a) 6,177−100 | b) 4,800+__=4,950 | c) 5,834−30 | d) 2,440+__=2,451 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6,077 | 150 | 5,804 | 11 |
| e) 3,054−__=3,000 | f) __+725=1,825 | g) 4,275−__=4,005 | h) __+6,005=7,505 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | 1,100 | 270 | 1,500 |
⚡ Challenge Q6 — Harry & Esma’s partitions ⚡
Harry: 2,000+1,700+50+2 = 3,752
Esma: 3,000+600+152 = 3,752 (missing number = 152)
b) Three more ways to partition 3,752:
Harry: 2,000+1,700+50+2 = 3,752
Esma: 3,000+600+152 = 3,752 (missing number = 152)
b) Three more ways to partition 3,752:
3,000 + 700 + 50 + 2
1,000 + 2,700 + 50 + 2
3,700 + 50 + 2
1,000 + 2,700 + 50 + 2
3,700 + 50 + 2
🌟 Reflect — Two ways to partition 3,750:
3,000 + 700 + 50
3,000 + 750
(Many other valid answers exist — compare with classmates!)
3,000 + 750
📔 Lesson 7 — 1, 10, 100, 1,000 more or less (p.24–26)
Q1 Place value grid
- a) 1,000 more than 3,767 is 4,767 (Th digit 3→4, rest unchanged)
- b) 100 more than 5,870 is 5,970 (H digit 8→9)
- c) 10 less than 2,960 is 2,950 (T digit 6→5)
- d) 1,000 less than 11,000 is 10,000
Check totals against your printed grid — same method: change only one digit by ±1.
Q2 Complete the table
| Representation | Number | 1,000 more | 100 less | 10 more |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Th-counters, 4 H-counters, 7 O-counters | 4,407 | 5,407 | 4,307 | 4,417 |
| Blocks: 2 Th, 7 H, 5 T, 8 O | 2,758 | 3,758 | 2,658 | 2,768 |
| Arrow on number line | ≈2,600 | 3,600 | 2,500 | 2,610 |
| “Seven hundred and fifty-eight” | 758 | 1,758 | 658 | 768 |
Q3 Fill in the missing numbers
- a) 1,000 more than 4,879 is 5,879
- b) 100 less than 4,879 is 4,779
- c) 10 more than 4,869 is 4,879
- d) 1 more than 4,879 is 4,880
- e) 3,921 is 1,000 more than 2,921
- f) 100 less than 752 is 652
Q4 Complete each number sentence
- a) 1 more than 2,875 is 2,876
- b) 5,783 + 1,000 = 6,783
- c) 100 less than 3,580 is 3,480
- d) 4,000 − 10 = 3,990
- e) 5,999 + 1,000 − 10 = 6,989
- f) 7,950 + 10 − 100 = 7,860
- g) 7,500 is 1,000 less than 8,500
⚡ Challenge Q5 — Function machine ⚡
Output = 6,865. Machine: −1,000, +100, −10. Work backwards: +10, −100, +1,000
Input = 6,865 + 10 − 100 + 1,000 = 7,775
Output = 6,865. Machine: −1,000, +100, −10. Work backwards: +10, −100, +1,000
Input = 6,865 + 10 − 100 + 1,000 = 7,775
Check: 7,775−1,000=6,775 → +100=6,875 → −10=6,865 ✔
🌟 Reflect — When finding 1,000 more/less than a 4-digit number, normally only the thousands digit changes — 1 digit (e.g. 3,767 → 4,767).
📚 Lesson 8 — 1,000s, 100s, 10s and 1s (p.27–29)
Q1 Write each number (count hundred-squares ×100)
| a) 14 squares | b) 16 squares | c) 5+5+4 | d) 5+5+5+6 | e) 5+5+5+5+1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,400 | 1,600 | 1,400 | 2,100 | 2,100 |
If your printed counts differ slightly, just count the 100-counters shown and ×100 — that’s the method being tested!
Q2 Complete each sentence
- a) 37 hundreds is 3,700
- b) 38 hundreds is 3,800
- c) 39 hundreds is 3,900
- d) 40 hundreds is 4,000
Q3 Total mass of weights: 13 × 100 g = 1,300 g
Q4 Swimming pool lengths (1 length = 10 m)
| a) 100m | b) 500m | c) 1,000m | d) 1,100m |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 50 | 100 | 110 |
| e) 1,500m | f) 1,600m | g) 2,000m | h) 1,750m |
|---|---|---|---|
| 150 | 160 | 200 | 175 |
⚡ Challenge Q5 — Adam’s number ⚡
Sort the scattered counters into groups: 100s, 10s, 1s — count each, multiply, add.
Sort the scattered counters into groups: 100s, 10s, 1s — count each, multiply, add.
13 × 100 = 1,300
13 × 10 = 130
8 × 1 = 8
Total = 1,300 + 130 + 8 = 1,438
13 × 10 = 130
8 × 1 = 8
Total = 1,300 + 130 + 8 = 1,438
Re-count the counters in your own book the same way if your totals differ slightly.
🌟 Reflect — Why is 20 hundreds = 2,000?
Because 10 hundreds = 1 thousand (10×100=1,000). So 20 hundreds = 2 × 1,000 = 2,000. (Or simply 20×100=2,000.)
Because 10 hundreds = 1 thousand (10×100=1,000). So 20 hundreds = 2 × 1,000 = 2,000. (Or simply 20×100=2,000.)
🏁 End of Unit Check (p.30)
My journal — Blocks shown: 2 Th, 2 H, 4 T, 5 O → 2,245
Th: 1k1k
H: 100100
T: 10101010
O: 11111
Example description using the keywords:
- It has 2 thousands (1,000s), 2 hundreds (100s), 4 tens (10s) and 5 ones (1s).
- In numerals: 2,245
- On a number line 0→3,000 it sits just under three-quarters of the way along.
- It is odd (ones digit = 5)
- 1,000 more = 3,245. 100 less = 2,145.
- Other partitions: 2,000+200+40+5
Power check — Colour the face that matches how you feel about Unit 1: 😕 🙂 😄 (self-assessment — no fixed answer!)
🎲 Power Play (p.31)
Place 6 counters on the Th/H/T/O grid with at least 1 in each column.
Example numbers you could make:
| Th | H | T | O | Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1,113 |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1,122 |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1,131 |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1,212 |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1,221 |
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1,311 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2,112 |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2,121 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2,211 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3,111 |
🌟 “I wonder…” — With 7 counters, you have 3 extra to share (still ≥1 per column), giving even more (and bigger!) 4-digit numbers, e.g. 4,111. The more counters above the minimum of 4, the more numbers you can make!
⭐ Great work completing Unit 1! ⭐
