Understanding Place Value

  • Two flowers with the numbers 15 and 16 on them
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    Butterfly Flowers

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you find two butterflies to go on each flower so that the numbers on each pair of butterflies adds to the number on their flower?

  • Snail One Hundred
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    Snail One Hundred

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    In this game, you throw a dice and move counters along the snail's body and in a spiral around the snail's shell. It is about understanding tens and ones.

  • 6 Beads
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    6 Beads

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    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?

  • Magnifying glass
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    Number Detective

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Follow the clues to find the mystery number.

  • 100 Square Jigsaw
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    100 Square Jigsaw

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you complete this jigsaw of the 100 square?

  • That number square
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    That Number Square

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Exploring the structure of a number square: how quickly can you put the number tiles in the right place on the grid?

  • Which Scripts?
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    Which Scripts?

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    There are six numbers written in five different scripts. Can you sort out which is which?

  • The Deca Tree
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    The Deca Tree

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Find out what a Deca Tree is and then work out how many leaves there will be after the woodcutter has cut off a trunk, a branch, a twig and a leaf.

  • Coded hundred square
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    Coded Hundred Square

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    This 100 square jigsaw is written in code. It starts with 1 and ends with 100. Can you build it up?

  • Nice or Nasty
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    Nice or Nasty

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...