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Here we can see how this question borrows from the learning of the Year 3 place value lesson; this is chosen deliberately so the students are not grappling with too much new content straight away.

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When looking at place value, going from concrete to pictorial to abstract is important. The maths manipulatives shown below should be staples of every classroom from Early Years to Year 6. 1. Dienes for place value Dienes are what I would suggest working with first as there is a size and proportional element showing the difference or relationship between the values. This would be far easier for a younger learner to grasp than a different colour counter.They are beginning to see that positive and negative are a reflection of each other. When a positive is added to a positive, it gets bigger and further away from zero and when a negative is added to a negative, it gets smaller and further away from zero. In terms of task design, using Roman numerals to aid with partitioning (breaking up of numbers into their place value) is a worthwhile endeavour and one that can be of considerable utility. This is why you can often find the misconception of ‘a hundred and one’ written as 1001. Students must enter Key Stage 2 with a conceptual understanding of place value. I implore you to not teach other objectives of mathematics if their understanding of place value is not secure. One of the most effective methods I have come across to teach this is through the use of double-sided counters. Double-sided counters

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I would then ask how many I would have if I added one more counter and physically bring one more counter to the set. And with pupils having (hopefully) learnt the long multiplication method and begun covering long division, they should be comfortable using place value in conjunction with the four operations in a variety of situations. Open-ended activities and, if possible, using the four operations within Roman numerals, is a good way to assess pupils’ problem-solving abilities for Year 5 place value.When the same digit is put in a different column on a place value grid, the value changes. E.g. in the number 4,532 the 4 digit is worth a 4 thousands, whereas in 3,20 4 the 4 digit has a value of 4 ones. The downside to the dienes is that they only go to 1,000, so as soon as you are required to work with numbers in the tens of thousands, there are no dienes to support this. Available in three different sets suited to the NC objectives making place value counters interactive and engaging to learners of different ages. The role of the teacher should be to encourage mathematical thinking (not simply trial and improvement), while still demonstrating to the students that mistakes may well be made and that this is perfectly okay and natural. The most important way to get students thinking mathematically on this task is to reinforce that when comparing numbers, we always begin by looking at the biggest value.