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Place Value KS2

This collection is one of our Primary Curriculum collections - tasks that are grouped by topic.

Dicey Addition

Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

Who said that adding couldn't be fun?

Number Match

Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.

Coded Hundred Square

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

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

Which Scripts?

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

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

The Deca Tree

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

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.

Dicey Operations in Line

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

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

The Thousands Game

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

Each child in Class 3 took four numbers out of the bag. Who had made the highest even number?

Take Three Numbers

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

What happens when you add three numbers together? Will your answer be odd or even? How do you know?

Number Differences

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

Place the numbers from 1 to 9 in the squares below so that the difference between joined squares is odd. How many different ways can you do this?

Less Is More

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

Use your knowledge of place value to try to win this game. How will you maximise your score?

Round the Four Dice

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

This activity involves rounding four-digit numbers to the nearest thousand.

Magic Vs

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

Can you put the numbers 1-5 in the V shape so that both 'arms' have the same total?

Round the Three DiceLive

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

What happens when you round these three-digit numbers to the nearest 100?

Four-digit Targets

Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

You have two sets of the digits 0-9. Can you arrange these in the five boxes to make four-digit numbers as close to the target numbers as possible?

Reasoned Rounding

Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level Yellow star

Four strategy dice games to consolidate pupils' understanding of rounding.

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...

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?



 
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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