1. Place Value – Objectives
Know what each digit represents in numbers up to 100,000.
Use place value to add and subtract.
You will need: an IWB calculator, e.g. the one at and mini whiteboards.
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2. Place Value – Direct Teaching
Remember the value of each digit
using a Place Value chart…
25837
ones
tens
hundreds
thousands
ten
thousands
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3. Place Value – Direct Teaching
Or… a Place Value grid
What is the value of the 2?
25837
10000s
1000s
100s
10s 1s 2 5 8 3 7
Move the pointing hand to discuss the value of different digits.
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4. Place Value – Direct Teaching
What number must be subtracted to ‘zap’ the 5 (turn it into a zero)?
Enter the number 25,837 into an IWB calculator [click on the hyperlinked image, or go to e.g.
Use the calculator to subtract numbers they suggest, drawing out that 5000 must be subtracted as the digit 5 represents 5000.
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5. Place Value – Student Activity
Show me…
What number must be subtracted to ‘zap’ the 5s?
48, , ,350 45, , ,635
Ask students to discuss in pairs, then write on their own whiteboards.
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6. Place Value – Direct Teaching
What number must be added to make all the digits a 5 ?
Click on the hyperlinked image, or go to e.g.
Use the calculator to add numbers they suggest, drawing out that 200 must be added as the digit 3 represents 300.
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7. Place Value – Student Activity
Show me…
What number must be added to make 55,555?
43, , ,455
Students use mini whiteboards to show you their answers.
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8. Place Value – Individual Practice
Add to make 77,777
the 3s
43,609
13,037
32,353
73,747
17,075
34,621
The calculations involve changing more digits the further down each set you go.
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