Place Value Charts Year 2 Place Value Learning Video Clip

Place Value Charts Year 2 Place Value Learning Video Clip

Step 5: Place Value Charts Year 2 Place Value Learning Video Clip

Jib is responding to a distress signal from the planet Farlax. He needs your knowledge of place value charts to help him find the source of the signal and help the alien in distress.

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Discussion points for teachers

  1. Jib needs your help to add the right number of tens and ones to balance the bridge. Discuss what 7 tens and 13 ones is equal to. Discuss the different combinations of tens and ones that would make the same total.
  2. Help Jib to unlock the door by creating five different numbers using the gems. Discuss the greatest and smallest numbers that could be created. This question is open-ended for the children to explore.
  3. The numbers shown on the place value charts need to be entered using the keypad. Help Jib to crack the code to free the alien. Discuss how the numbers are represented using the charts. Discuss how to enter the numbers on the keypad as there is no ‘tens’ button.

Optional discussion points:

Discuss why we need to partition numbers and how they can be partitioned in various ways.

National Curriculum Objectives

Mathematics Year 2: (2N2a) Read and write numbers to at least 100 in numerals and in words
Mathematics Year 2: (2N4) Identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations, including the number line
Mathematics Year 2: (2N2b) Compare and order numbers from 0 up to 100; use <, > and = signs

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