Reading, writing and representing numbers

  • Three neighbours
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    Three neighbours

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Take three consecutive numbers and add them together. What do you notice?

  • Standard Index Form Matching
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    Standard index form matching

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    Can you match these calculations in Standard Index Form with their answers?
  • Neighbourly Addition
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    Neighbourly addition

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    I added together some of my neighbours' house numbers. Can you explain the patterns I noticed?
  • Dotty Six for Two
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    Dotty six for two

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Dotty Six game for an adult and child. Will you be the first to have three sixes in a straight line?

  • Amount
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    Amount

    Age
    5 to 11
    These tasks will help learners develop their understanding of place value, particularly giving them opportunities to express numbers as amounts.
  • Early number sense
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    Early number sense

    Age
    5 to 7
    These activities will help children develop a strong sense of number.
  • 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.

  • Dot Card Games
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    Dot card games

    These games devised by Jenni Way use dot cards which will help children see the structure of numbers 1-6 and give them confidence as they begin to add and subtract these numbers.
  • Matching numbers
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    Matching numbers

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you find different ways of showing the same number? Try this matching game and see!