NumberP6 level20 questions in the full course

Read & Write Whole NumbersSEAG Practice Questions

Read and write whole numbers up to one million in words and figures.

Where your child meets this in real life: Reading prices, populations, distances, or any large numbers in everyday life

What your child needs to know

In the SEAG test

Each SEAG paper has 28 maths questions. Questions 29 to 50 are multiple choice with five possible answers, and questions 51 to 56 need a short written answer. With 56 questions in 60 minutes across English and maths, that is about a minute per question.

SEAGReady breaks read & write whole numbers into 3 steps, taught in order so each skill builds on the last.

  1. 1

    Three-Digit Numbers

    Read and write numbers from 1 to 999 in words and figures

  2. 2

    Thousands (to 99,999)

    Read and write numbers from 1,000 to 99,999 with comma notation and compound number words

  3. 3

    Up to One Million

    Read and write numbers from 100,000 to 1,000,000 including hundred thousands

Try these SEAG-style questions

Try three free questions from our read & write whole numbers course. They start easy and get harder, so you can see where your child's confidence runs out. If they manage the last one without a hint, this topic is probably secure. If not, the steps above show where to start.

Question 1Confidence builder

Josh is reading about a tower that is 'five hundred and thirty-six' years old. Write this number in figures.

Answer choices for question 1
Question 2Standard

Sam records the population shown in words. What is this in figures?

A table splits the population into the words twenty-seven thousand and fifty.
Answer choices for question 2
Question 3Stretch

James and Ronan wrote the attempts shown. Who is correct?

A table shows the words four hundred and six thousand and twenty-three, James's attempt 406,023, and Ronan's attempt 460,023.
Answer choices for question 3

Try the lesson: Three-Digit Numbers

This is the exact interactive worked example your child sees in SEAGReady. Step through it and watch the method build up.

A number card says 'four hundred and seventy-two'.

Write this number in figures.

four hundred and seventy-two → ?

Build the hundreds
1

'Four hundred' gives 4 hundreds

4 × 100 = 400

Step 1 of 3

Prefer to read? See every step written out

A number card says 'four hundred and seventy-two'.

Write this number in figures.

  1. 1

    Build the hundreds

    • 'Four hundred' gives 4 hundreds4 × 100 = 400
  2. 2

    Build the last two digits

    • 'Seventy-two' gives 7 tens and 2 ones70 + 2 = 72
  3. 3

    Combine the place values

    • Place the digits in hundreds–tens–ones order400 + 70 + 2 = 472

The number in figures is 472.

The key insight: Number words tell you which place-value columns to fill.

Common mix-up: Writing 4,072. There is no thousands group; 'four hundred' belongs in the hundreds column.

Mistakes to watch for

These are the misconceptions we see most often in read & write whole numbers, including the ones our practice questions are specifically designed to catch.

  • Confusing 'and' placement in number words
  • Missing zeros in the middle of numbers (e.g., writing 3012 as 312)
  • Reversing digits when writing from words

More number practice

Identify Place Value of a DigitCompare Two Whole NumbersOrder a Set of Whole NumbersAddition Facts to 20Subtraction Facts Within 20Add 2-Digit Numbers (No Carry)

Sitting the SEAG test this November? Read our last-month revision plan, Paper 1 vs Paper 2 and test day guide.

20 questions on this topic alone

Master read & write whole numbers and everything it unlocks

SEAGReady finds the exact step where your child gets stuck, teaches it with worked examples like the one above, and brings it back for review so it sticks.

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