4 digit game- Play Your Digits Right!

Play Your Digits Right! – A Fun Year 4 Maths Reasoning Challenge

Make maths fun with Play Your Digits Right!, an engaging, hands-on number game designed to develop children’s place value knowledge, problem-solving skills and mathematical reasoning.

Using two sets of digit cards (0–9) or tactile digits, children must arrange the numbers to meet a range of challenges, including:

Creating odd and even numbers

Finding multiples of 5 and 10

Making the largest odd and smallest even numbers

Rounding four-digit numbers to the nearest thousand

The twist? Children must use every digit exactly once across the five challenges!

This encourages children to think carefully, experiment with different combinations and explain their mathematical reasoning.

Perfect for:

Year 4 maths lessons and revision

Small-group activities and maths challenges

Morning starters and independent learning

Stretching confident mathematicians

Developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills

With opportunities to find alternative solutions, this versatile activity encourages discussion, collaboration and deeper mathematical thinking.

A simple, low-prep resource that makes practising essential maths skills fun, interactive and challenging!