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Year 4 Christmas Eve Present Detective: Place value, rounding and multiples

A festive Year 4 maths mystery. Children use clues about place value to 10,000, rounding to the nearest 100, multiples and digit sums to find each present.

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Santa's elves have mixed up the presents, and every present has a secret number! In this Christmas Eve Present Detective activity, Year 4 children use clues to identify each mystery present. Ten presents with numbers up to 2,436 sit at the top of the sheet. The clues include rounding to the nearest 100, the number of hundreds and tens, multiples of 5 and 9, digit sums and 1,000 more, so children must combine clues to find the right answer. What's included: A teacher information page with the skills covered One activity sheet with ten numbered presents and four mysteries A full answer page Editable PowerPoint and ready-to-print PDF Skills covered: Place value to 10,000 Rounding to the nearest 100 Multiples 1,000 more Mathematical reasoning Ideal for the last week of term, a festive maths lesson, early finishers, small group work or a Christmas Eve themed day.Read more

Santa's elves have mixed up the presents, and every present has a secret number! In this Christmas Eve Present Detective activity, Year 4 children use clues to identify each mystery present. Ten presents with numbers up to 2,436 sit at the top of the sheet. The clues include rounding to the nearest 100, the number of hundreds and tens, multiples of 5 and 9, digit sums and 1,000 more, so children must combine clues to find the right answer. What's included: A teacher information page with the skills covered One activity sheet with ten numbered presents and four mysteries A full answer page Editable PowerPoint and ready-to-print PDF Skills covered: Place value to 10,000 Rounding to the nearest 100 Multiples 1,000 more Mathematical reasoning Ideal for the last week of term, a festive maths lesson, early finishers, small group work or a Christmas Eve themed day.

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