Place value

  • Journeys on the Gattegno Tens Chart
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    Journeys on the Gattegno Tens Chart

    Alf describes how the Gattegno chart helped a class of 7-9 year olds gain an awareness of place value and of the inverse relationship between multiplication and division.

  • Activities on the Gattegno Chart
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    Activities on the Gattegno Chart

    In this article, Alf outlines six activities using the Gattegno chart, which help to develop understanding of place value, multiplication and division.

  • A Story About Absolutely Nothing
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    A Story About Absolutely Nothing

    This article for the young and old talks about the origins of our number system and the important role zero has to play in it.

  • An Alphanumeric
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    An Alphanumeric

    Freddie Manners, of Packwood Haugh School in Shropshire solved an alphanumeric without using the extra information supplied and this article explains his reasoning.