Mathematics 

Place Value

Place Value is the most important concept when teaching maths to any student. It is the foundation of every maths concept from preschool to algebra level maths and is essential for a complete mathematical understanding. Students can not progress if they haven't mastered Place Value as a basic concept first. 

However, Place Value is often a tricky subject to teach and students continuously struggle with understanding the value of a number based on it's place. How does an "8" in the units house mean only 8 "ones" or "units", whereas the same number 8 in the tens house means eighty? 

What is Place Value?

Place Value is as simple as the knowing that "every value has a place". The place tells us “what kind”, the value tells us “how many" of that kind is being shown.

For example, in the number 285, the digit 8 indicates there are eight (how many) tens (what kind).

This simple understanding is used from small numbers to hundreds of thousands. The same principle applies, no matter how big the number is.

Place Value in the Classroom

Every morning the children do warm up getting them ready for their exciting Maths lesson.

 Below you can see a place value warm-up that Stage 2 do that you can do with your child at home. The numbers can be easier or harder depending on your child's needs.

Here are some of the things the students are doing in class to practise place value.

Kindy

Stage 1

Stage 2