Ask your child to write “four thousand and seven.” What do they write?

Who this is for

You have a child in Year 3 or 4. Something about their maths feels off, but the report just says “working towards” or gives a C, and you can’t tell what that actually means. You’ve thought about a tutor, but you’d like to know what the problem is before you pay someone to fix it.

• See exactly which wrong answer your child picks, and what it tells you about how they’re thinking, so you stop guessing whether they’re “a bit behind” or missing one specific idea.
• Find out in 10 minutes at the kitchen table, with just a pencil and no screens or apps, so you know where things stand before the next report or parent-teacher interview, not after.
• Get the answer in plain English, without the teacher jargon, so you can walk into a conversation with the school, or decide about a tutor, knowing what you’re actually trying to fix.

What’s inside

1. The check: 12 short multiple-choice questions on one printable page. Your child circles an answer. That’s it.
2. The decoder: For every wrong answer, a plain English explanation of what your child is probably thinking. (“If they circled 47, they’re writing the numbers they hear and dropping the empty places.”)
3. What to do next: One page that tells you what the pattern means and what kind of help actually works for it.

It’s printable and works in black and white, so there’s nothing to install.