Place value

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Number sense and place value current feature

Age

5 to 11

This feature aims to support you in developing children's number sense and their understanding of place value. The first three articles unpick the ideas associated with these important areas of mathematics and outline relevant research. The fourth article links to a range of tasks and our rationale for choosing them. You can see the tasks themselves, which we have grouped into five categories, by scrolling down further.
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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.
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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.
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Ten-frames games

These games use ten-frames to develop children's 'sense of ten'.
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Multiply multiples 3

Age

7 to 11

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Have a go at balancing this equation. Can you find different ways of doing it?
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Round the dice decimals 1

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Use two dice to generate two numbers with one decimal place. What happens when you round these numbers to the nearest whole number?
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Round the three dice

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

What happens when you round these three-digit numbers to the nearest 100?
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Round the dice decimals 2

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

What happens when you round these numbers to the nearest whole number?
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Multiply multiples 2

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you work out some different ways to balance this equation?
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Multiply multiples 1

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you complete this calculation by filling in the missing numbers? In how many different ways can you do it?