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Number Words to 100

Read and write numbers to at least 100 in words

Suggested ages 6–7

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Learning journey

Your child is learning how numbers work by understanding place value — discovering that in two-digit numbers, each digit has a different value depending on whether it represents tens or ones.

Evidence of understanding

  • Read 'fifty-seven' and write the numeral 57
  • Write 'eighty-three' when shown the numeral 83
  • Read and write all decade words (twenty, thirty … ninety) correctly

Assessment prompt

Can Number Words to 100 write 'seventy-four' or 'one hundred and three' as number words — and read them correctly when they appear in a book or on a sign?

Standards alignment

Maths/Y2/NPV/5GB · uk-nc-2013

Read and write numbers to 100

The national curriculum in England: Key stages 1 and 2 framework document · Key Stage 1