Topic: 4-digit numbers (TB2C Unit 10)

Prior knowledge:

1. Students know how to read and write 4-digit numbers.

2. Students know the place value and the digit value in a 4-digit number.
3. Students know how to compare a set of 4-digit numbers.
4. Students are able to use 4 different digits to make a 4-digit number.

Lesson Objectives:
1. Students can make the largest and smallest 4-digit number.
2. Students can make the largest odd and even 4-digit number.
3. Students can make the smallest odd and even 4-digit number.
Observable Success Indicators:
1. Students are able to use 4 different digits to make the largest 4-digit number.
2. Students are able to use 4 different digits to make the smallest 4-digit number.
3. Students are able to use 4 different digits to make the largest odd 4-digit number.
4. Students are able to use 4 different digits to make the largest even 4-digit number.
5. Students are able to use 4 different digits to make the smallest odd 4-digit number.
6. Students are able to use 4 different digits to make the smallest even 4-digit number.

Preparation Before the Lesson:

Number cards (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) x 5 sets
Activity worksheet 1
Activity worksheet 2

Lesson Schedule:

Time Steps Resources

Lesson 1 Motivation
5’
Teacher shows the number cards (4321) on the board and ask student to make a 4-
digit numbers.

Questions for students:

 How to read this number?
 What is the value of each digit?

Teacher introduces that students are going to make the largest and smallest 4-digit
numbers.
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5’ Development (Mass Teaching)
Questions for students:
1. Can you form the largest 4-digit numbers by using 1-4 number cards?
What is the largest 4-digit numbers?
(Answer: 4321)
2. How to read this number?
(Four thousand, three hundred and twenty-one.)
3. What is the value of each digit?
(4 – 4000, 3 – 300, 2 – 20, 1 – 1.)

4. Can you form the smallest 4-digit numbers by using 1-4 number cards?
What is the smallest 4-digit number?
(Answer: 1234)
5. How to read this number?
(One thousand, two hundred and thirty-four.)
6. What is the value of each digit?
(1 – 1000, 2 – 200, 3 – 30, 4 – 4.)

Teacher tells how to make the largest 4-digit number (The order of digits is counting
back from left to right.) and how to make the smallest 4-digit number (The order of
digits is counting on from left to right.)

20’ Making a 4-digit number

Teacher shows number cards (2, 5, 6, 8) by using visualiser and invite one student Number
to make a 4-digit number. cards x 5
sets
Teacher gives out the worksheets and get students to prepare number cards 2 (1, 4,
7, 9). Then, teacher instructs the students to make a 4-digit number and records it in Activity
the worksheet. worksheet 1

Teacher gives students around two minutes and gets the 4-digit numbers from
students.

Teacher shows number cards (1, 9, 6, 0) by using visualizer and ask the students
can they make the following numbers: 0169, 0196, 0619, 0691, 0916, 0961.
Teacher tells the students that the thousands digit cannot be zero for a 4-digit
number.

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 Teacher instructs the students to make a 4-digit number by number cards 3 (1, 9, 6,
0) and records it in the worksheet.

Teacher gives students around two minutes and gets the 4-digit numbers from
students.

12’ Activity: Making the largest and smallest 4-digit number

Teacher invites two students to make the largest and smallest 4-digit number in Activity
question 1. Teacher guide students to tell how they form the largest and smallest 4- worksheet 1
digit numbers in this way.
(Forming the largest 4-digit number: the order of digits is counting back from left to
right;
Forming the smallest 4-digit number: the order of digits is counting on from left to
right.)
Then, teacher instruct the students to records the result on the worksheet.

Teacher gives out the number cards and instructs students to take out the number
card 2, 5, 6 and 8 and do question 2.
Teacher gives students around five minutes to finish question 2 to 4 by using the
number cards. Then, teacher checks the answers with students.

Number
cards 1 x 5
sets

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3’ Conculsion

Questions for students:

 How to make the largest 4-digit number?
(The order of digits is counting back.)
 How to make the smallest 4-digit number?
(The order of digits is counting on.)

** Teacher can use a 4-digit number as example in order to help students to answer
the above questions.

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Lesson 2 Motivation
5’
Teacher writes four different digits (1, 2, 0, 9) on the board.

Questions for students:

 What is the largest 4-digit number made by these four digits? (9210)
 Is it an odd number or even number? (Even number.)
 What is the smallest 4-digit number made by these four digits? (1029)
 Is it an odd number or even number? (Odd number.)

Teacher reminds that the order of digits in the largest 4-digit number is counting
back and that in the smallest 4-digit number is counting on. (**Teacher can also
revise the odd and even number with students.)
10’ Making the largest odd 4-digit number

Teacher use the above digit (1, 2, 0, 9) as an example and introduce how to make
the largest odd 4-digit number from the largest 4-digit number.
Activity
worksheet 2
Teacher gives out the worksheets and number cards (2, 5, 6, 8) and instructs the
students to make the largest and largest odd 4-digit number in question 2. Then, Number
teacher gives students around three minutes and checks the answers with students. cards x 5
sets
Making the largest even 4-digit number

Teacher gives out number cards (1, 4, 7, 9) and instructs the students to make the
largest and largest even 4-digit number in question 3. Then, teacher gives students
around three minutes and checks the answers with students.
10’ Making the smallest even 4-digit number

Teacher use the above digit (7, 3, 9, 4) as an example and introduce how to make
the smallest even 4-digit number from the smallest 4-digit number.
Activity
worksheet 2
Teacher instructs the students to make the smallest and smallest odd 4-digit number
in question 4. Then, teacher gives students around three minutes and checks the Number
answers with students. cards x 5
sets
Making the smallest odd 4-digit number

Teacher gives out number cards 2 (1, 9, 6, 0) and instructs the students to make the
largest and largest even 4-digit number in question 5. Then, teacher gives students
around three minutes and checks the answers with students.
7’ Consolidation

Teacher gives students around five minutes to finish the “Challenge” in textbook TB 2C p.__
2C p.__. On top of making the smallest 4-digit number, they are also asked to
make:
i. The largest 4-digit number;
ii. The smallest even 4-digit number and
iii. The largest even 4-digit number

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3’ Conclusion

Questions for students:

 What is the smallest odd 4-digit number made by 3, 4, 8, and 0? (4083)
 What is the largest even 4-digit number made by 5, 7, 9, and 8? (9758)

**Teacher can invite students to show how to make the number.