Writing numbers as numerals & words

• Children need to have developed the necessary eye-hand co-ordination and fine motor skills before they will be able to write numbers and words

• It is easier to understand the value and meaning of numbers when they can be expressed in different ways

• Being able to convert from words to numbers and numbers to words (such as one hundred and twenty-one & 121) supports understanding of place value

• This in turn aids the maths skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication & division

• Additionally, the word form of the number may come up in word problems and in formal writing