One of the key ideas associated with place value is that the position of a digit affects its value. These activities support children in understanding this idea and form part of our Number Sense and Place Value Feature.
problem
Two-digit targets
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
You have a set of the digits from 0 to 9. Can you arrange these in the five boxes to make two-digit numbers as close to the targets as possible?
problem
Largest even
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
How would you create the largest possible two-digit even number from the digit I've given you and one of your choice?
problem
Five steps to 50
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
Use five steps to count forwards or backwards in 1s or 10s to get to 50. What strategies did you use?
problem
6 beads
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
If you put three beads onto a tens/ones abacus you can make the numbers 3, 30, 12 or 21. What numbers can be made with six beads?
problem
Which scripts?
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
There are six numbers written in five different scripts. Can you sort out which is which?
problem
Nice or nasty
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...