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Place Value, Integers, Ordering & Rounding


This is part of our Secondary Curriculum collection of favourite rich tasks arranged by topic.

Nice or Nasty

Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow star

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

Dicey Operations

Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow star

Who said that adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing couldn't be fun?

Place Your Orders

Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow star

Can you rank these sets of quantities in order, from smallest to largest? Can you provide convincing evidence for your rankings?

Add to 200

Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow star

By selecting digits for an addition grid, what targets can you make?

Forwards Add Backwards

Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow star

What happens when you add a three digit number to its reverse?

Farey Sequences

Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow star

There are lots of ideas to explore in these sequences of ordered fractions.

Legs Eleven

Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow star

Take any four digit number. Move the first digit to the end and move the rest along. Now add your two numbers. Did you get a multiple of 11?

How Many Miles to Go?

Age 11 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow starYellow star

How many more miles must the car travel before the numbers on the milometer and the trip meter contain the same digits in the same order?

Difference Sudoku

Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow starYellow star

Use the differences to find the solution to this Sudoku.

Number Lines in Disguise

Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow starYellow star

Some of the numbers have fallen off Becky's number line. Can you figure out what they were?

Place Value, Integers, Ordering and Rounding - Short Problems

Age 11 to 16

A collection of short problems on place value, integers, ordering and rounding.

Subtraction Surprise

Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow star

Try out some calculations. Are you surprised by the results?

More Less Is MoreLive

Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow star

In each of these games, you will need a little bit of luck, and your knowledge of place value to develop a winning strategy.



 
You may also be interested in this collection of activities from the STEM Learning website, that complement the NRICH activities above.
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The NRICH Project aims to enrich the mathematical experiences of all learners. To support this aim, members of the NRICH team work in a wide range of capacities, including providing professional development for teachers wishing to embed rich mathematical tasks into everyday classroom practice.

NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.

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