'Place value' tutor notes

The aim of the 'Place value' topic area is to understand the principles of place value and sorting units from tens.

How does this tie in with the curricula?

• England
  N1/E3.1 Count, read, write, order & compare numbers up to 1000
• Wales
  As England
• Northern Ireland
  As England
• Scotland
  See www.aloscotland.com for details of the Scottish curriculum.

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In this Skillswise module you'll find...

Place value - games

The Comparing Numbers games are intended to be a fun way for players to identify numbers all around them.

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Place value - quiz
3 levels of quiz to test place value skills. The learner can choose their level. Students may print out a certificate if they score 50% or more in the quiz. This will appear as a link on the results page - click on the link and the certificate will appear in a new window. Learners can write their name in once the certificate is printed.

Place value - factsheets
There are eight factsheets in this section.

Place value - worksheets
There are nine printable worksheets with answersheets in this section.

Technical help:
To get the most out of this topic area you need the following 'plug-ins':

• Flash
  The game in this topic section uses Flash. This is free to download and should only take a few minutes. You can follow the BBC WebWise instructions to download it to your machine.
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  If you don't have Flash the same learning points are covered in the quiz and in the worksheet and factsheet.
• RTF format
  The worksheets are in Rich Text Format (RTF). Most word processors can view and edit RTF files, unlike some word processing files which need particular software. If you are a Microsoft Word user, you won't notice any difference between an RTF file and a Word document. If your learners are visually impaired, these worksheets are screen reader accessible. Lastly, like Microsoft Word documents, RTF files are editable, so you can change or customise the worksheets to suit your learners. We hope you find this useful!

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Taking it further:

Elsewhere on the web:

Here is suggestion of another places on the web that you might find useful resources that you can adapt for teaching place value.

Crick School, Northamptonshire
This website is produced by a primary school but it contains interactive numeracy materials suitable for EL3 learners. Scroll down to the Odds and Evens activity where you can compare and work with odd and even numbers.

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