🚀 Thousand Traveller: Navigate by Adding & Subtracting 1000
Welcome to Thousand Traveller, an exciting space-themed maths game for Year 4 pupils! This game helps children master the crucial skill of finding 1000 more or less than a given number – a key objective in the National Curriculum.
🎯 What Will Your Child Learn?
This game directly addresses the Year 4 objective: "Find 1000 more or less than a given number." Through space exploration gameplay, children will:
- Mentally add and subtract 1000 from 4-digit numbers
- Understand how the thousands digit changes
- Develop confidence with large number operations
- Recognise patterns when adjusting by 1000
- Build place value understanding
🎮 How the Game Works
Players pilot a spaceship to different altitudes in space. Each mission shows a current altitude and a target altitude exactly 1000 units away. The player must choose whether to go up (+1000) or down (-1000) to reach the target. Quick thinking and accuracy earn coins!
📚 Curriculum Connection
Being able to add and subtract 1000 mentally is essential for:
- Mental calculation strategies with large numbers
- Estimation and checking answers
- Understanding place value deeply
- Working with money and measurements in real contexts
🏠 Extend Learning at Home
- Car journeys: Read road signs with distances and add/subtract 1000m
- Savings goals: "You have £2,500 saved. You need £3,500. How much more?"
- Population facts: Compare town populations differing by thousands
- Measurement: 3,200g + 1000g = how many grams?
Ready for liftoff? Launch your mission and navigate the stars! 🌟
