Being able to read and write numbers means you have to have a good understanding of the place value chart. Writing a cheque still requires you to write the number out in words as well as in digits, to help avoid a careless mistake that could cost you. This GCSE Maths quiz will test how well you can recognise big numbers.
Because we usually see numbers written as digits, it takes a little extra brain power to write them down in words. In the past few years there have been some embarrassing mistakes by big companies, which have cost them thousands if not millions of pounds, all over a simple mistake in entering a number into a spreadsheet. Basic proof-checking by a colleague could easily have prevented these errors.