Give your confident mathematicians an opportunity to stretch their thinking with this Year 4 Compare Numbers to 10,000 Discussion Problem! Presenting children with two open-ended questions that require them to apply their understanding in creative ways, these discussion problems are ideal for group work. However, that doesn't mean an adult can't be the working partner, or that particularly intrepid children aren't allowed to give the questions a go by themselves! The resource works well whichever way you choose to use it, at home or at school.

Done as a group, this resource will promote mathematical talk around the subject of place value and 4-digit numbers in particular. It also comes with an answer sheet, to make things easier for you or to enable self- and peer-marking.