Virginia SOL 4.NS.1

4.NS.1 is a Standards of Learning standard. These are the knowledge and skills expectations under it.

• 4.NS.1.a

  Read nine-digit whole numbers, presented in standard form, and represent the same number in written form.

• 4.NS.1.b

  Write nine-digit whole numbers in standard form when the numbers are presented orally or in written form.

• 4.NS.1.c

  Apply patterns within the base 10 system to determine and communicate, orally and in written form, the place and value of each digit in a nine-digit whole numbe...

01

What Students Need to Do

Students read and write whole numbers through the hundred millions place in standard and word forms. They name each digit’s place and state its value using base-ten patterns.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students accurately convert numbers between standard and word forms, including numbers with zeros. They can point to any digit, name its place, and state its full value.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may confuse a digit’s place with its value, saying “millions” instead of “8,000,000.” They may omit zero placeholders or group digits incorrectly when using commas and periods.

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How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Write 307,042,615 in words, then name the place and value of the digit 4. Write “eight hundred six million, nine thousand, twelve” in standard form.

1. 01

   Give pairs digit cards and a nine-place mat; one student builds a called number, and the partner names each digit’s value.

2. 02

   Display 506,070,008 and ask, “How do the zeros hold places, and how would the number change if one zero disappeared?”

3. 03

   Play Number Translator: teams draw a number card, write it in words, then earn a point by identifying a chosen digit’s value.

4. 04

   Use a census table or sports attendance data; students read one large number aloud and explain the value of an underlined digit.

• 3.NS.1

  The student will use place value understanding to read, write, and determine the place and value of each digit in a whole number, up to six digits, with and wit...

• 3.NS.2

  The student will demonstrate an understanding of the base 10 system to compare and order whole numbers up to 9,999.

• 4.NS.2

  The student will demonstrate an understanding of the base 10 system to compare and order whole numbers up to seven digits. 

• 2.NS.2

  The student will demonstrate an understanding of the ten-to-one relationships of the base 10 number system to represent, compare, and order whole numbers up to ...