Female, dark hair in braids, striped shirt: You got units, tens, hundreds, thousands and then tens of thousands.
Male, dark hair, grey clothing: Sometimes we order very expensive kit so that could include laptops and PCs so it's important that if the client wants 10 PCs then we order 10 and not 100 as that will then make up a lot of work for us.
Male, hi vis, blue jumper: Every so often we have to call in at schools to give them a price for playground markings where we have to ensure the place value is correct otherwise we'd give them the wrong estimate.
Female, dark hair, dark green top: It's nought if it isn't in the right place.
That's where they can go wrong.
So if I put my car up for say two grand and I put 2-0-0 then people might say it's 200 where I want two grand for it.
Place value is useful for understanding double digit numbers or greater.
Quick tips for tutors
Place value includes:
- The meaning of place value and digits
- How zero is used as a place holder and its importance
- Writing numbers in word and digit form
- Comparing the size of numbers
- Common errors that can occur with place value
- Adding and subtracting tens and hundreds and the effect on place value
- The use of inequality signs
Place value and decimal places. interactive
Test your place value knowledge with this Bitesize interactive guide.
Downloadable Factsheets
Entry 3 - Place value
Summary of the value of digits in numbers.
Entry 3 - Zero as a placeholder
Summary of the importance of zero in filling the gaps in numbers.
Level 1 - Seven-digit numbers
Summary of how seven-digit numbers work.
Downloadable Worksheets
Entry 3 - Biggest number wins!
Play a game to help your understanding of number values.
Entry 3 - Comparing whole numbers
Exercise in assessing and comparing whole numbers for bakery figures.
Entry 3 - Counting on and back in hundreds
Exercise in using a number lines to count in hundreds.
Entry 3 - Odd and even numbers
Exercise in distinguishing odd and even numbers.
Entry 3 - Reading and writing numbers from facts
Exercise in seeing numbers and writing them out as words.
Entry 3 - Reading and writing numbers in order
Exercise in sorting numbers in the right order - from smallest to largest.
Entry 3 - Place value
Exercise in place value.
Entry 3 - Reading and writing numbers: place value chart
Exercise in completing a place value chart.
Level 1 - Place value questions
Exercise in deciding on the place value of numbers in example viewing figures.
Level 1 - Writing numbers in ascending order
Exercise in organising written numbers from smallest to largest.
Level 1 - Writing numbers
Exercise in writing numbers as words.
