Place value subtraction game

Submitted by Emma Hayward on 24 January 2013.

Place value game involving dice and calculators. Helps build confidence with place value.
Can be used with all ability levels and easy to adapt.
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Resource File(s)
e2e3l1placevaluesubtraction.pdf
Resource type
Warm-up
Game
Physical format
One page
Level
Entry Level 2
Entry Level 3
Level 1
Maths
AN N1/L1.3
AN N1/L1.1 Place value to millions. < and > symbols
AN N1/E3.1 place value <1000, odd / even, count in 10s /100s
AN N1/E2.1 Count reliably to 100, count on in 2s and 10s
Functional Maths - numbers and the number system
AN N1/E3.2
AN N1/E2.3

Comments

I’d like to know where to get 10-sided dice – regular decahedrons are an impossibility!

There’s a germ of a useful game here if you make the students use only the digits 1-6, or use 12-sided dice and maybe discount rolls of 11 or 12.

See also
Place value 2 player card game
Place value game
Place value homework v1
Place value revision
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