Read and Write Four-Digit Numbers
4.NBT.A.2
Write each number in words, or in digits.
LessonPrint · 4.NBT.A.2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Read and Write Four-Digit Numbers is a free printable Grade 4 math worksheet on number names, both directions, with zeros inside, aligned to Common Core standard 4.NBT.A.2. It prints 10 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
4.NBT.A.2
Write each number in words, or in digits.
LessonPrint · 4.NBT.A.2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
It practices number names, both directions, with zeros inside — 10 questions for Grade 4, all on Common Core 4.NBT.A.2: Read, write and compare large numbers. The instruction to students is “Write each number in words, or in digits”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.NBT.A.2 — 4.NBT.A.2, under Number & Operations in Base Ten for Grade 4. The published standard reads: “Read and write multi-digit whole numbers using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form. Compare two multi-digit numbers based on meanings of the digits.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
Read and Write Four-Digit Numbers is written for Grade 4, typically ages 9-10. It is one of the sheets on 4.NBT.A.2, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Yes. All 10 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Yes. Read and Write Four-Digit Numbers, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Yes — “Reading and Comparing Large Numbers” is a 50-minute Grade 4 plan for 4.NBT.A.2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Read and Write Four-Digit Numbers is the practice that follows it.
Read, write and compare large numbers.
Teaching this next? Reading and Comparing Large Numbers is the 50-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 4.NBT.A.2 of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.