Grade 3 · Math · Unit 2 of 15
Numbers to 10 000
Place value, compare and round
What your child practises
Reading, writing and comparing numbers up to 10 000: place value, expanded form, number lines, ordering and rounding.
Nunavut Curriculum approved guide: Nunavut Mathematics K–6 (2025), 3.N.1.1; 3.N.1.3 · counting, comparing and ordering numbers to 10 000
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practise.
- To round, look at the digit just to the right of your place.
- If it is 5 or more, round up. If it is 4 or less, stay.
- Change every digit after your place to 0.
Example: Round 4 763 to the nearest hundred. The hundreds digit is 7. Look at the tens digit: 6. 6 is 5 or more, so round up to 8 hundreds. 4 800. Answer: 4 800
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
What is 100 more than 1789?
1789 + 100 = ?
answer box
1889
Hint: 100 more changes only the hundreds digit, by 1.
Question 2
In 1682, what is the value of the digit 6?
1682
- 60
- 600
- 6
- 6000
600
Hint: The 6 is in the hundreds place. 6 × 100 = 600.
Question 3
Which sign goes in the box?
4452 4657
- <
- =
- >
<
Hint: Compare the thousands first. If they're the same, compare the hundreds, then the tens, then the ones.
Question 4
Write this number with digits: six thousand five hundred seventeen.
answer box
6517
Hint: Find each place: 6 thousands, 5 hundreds, 1 ten and 7 ones.
Question 5
Put the numbers in order from least to greatest.
- 8322
- 8076
- 8996
- 8918
8076 → 8322 → 8918 → 8996
Hint: They all have 8 thousands, so compare the hundreds, then the tens. The least is 8076.
Question 6
Round 3585 to the nearest thousand.
- 3600
- 5000
- 3000
- 4000
4000
Hint: To round to the nearest thousand, look at the hundreds digit: 5. It's 5 or more, so round up to 4000.