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Reading numbers up to 1000

This activity is for parents and whānau to do with their child to read any number up to 1000.

An adult and a child sit together at the table, putting coins in a jar.

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  • AudienceWhānau and Communities
  • Resource LanguageEnglish
  • SeriesLearning at home

About this resource

This resource helps learners to read any number up to 1000.

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    Reading numbers up to 1000

    Required materials

    • calculator

    See Materials that come with this resource to download:

    • Reading numbers to 1000 activtiy (.pdf)

    What to do

    Ask your child to enter a hundreds number and read it to you. Check they have read it correctly. 

    Instruction: Ask your child to enter a hundreds number on the calculator. For example: 576. Check that it has been entered correctly. 

    Thousands Hundreds Tens Ones
      5 7 6


    Instruction: Add 20 on the calculator. Press + 20 = 596

    • Read out the number (check that it is correct). Does that make sense?

    Follow the same sequence to ask your child similar questions. 

    What to expect your child to do

    • Read the numbers correctly.
    • Check that the calculator answer makes sense and they haven’t pressed the wrong buttons.

    Variation

    • Extend the activity to include thousands numbers.

    He kupu Māori

    tātaitai

    calculator

    tāpiri (hia)

    add

    tāpiritanga

    addition

    otinga

    result/answer

    pānui (hia)

    read

    He whakawhitinga kōrero

    • Tuhia te tau ‘toru rau whitu tekau mā rima’ ki te tātaitai. (Write the number 375 on the calculator.)
    • Tuhia he tau ‘rau’ ki te tātaitai. (Write a hundreds number on the calculator.)
    • Pānuihia mai te tau? (Read the number to me.)
    • Tāpirihia te rua tekau ki tēnā tau. (Add 20 to that number.)
    • He aha te otinga? Pānuihia mai. (What is the result? Read it to me.)

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