Let's solve place value problems

This Year 2 'Let's solve place value problems' scheme of work is a great way to familiarise your class with numbers to one hundred. By the end of the week, they will be able to identify, make and represent the numbers in a variety of different ways and they will have recapped their knowledge of how to use place value to solve number problems.

With detailed lesson plans, engaging slides, differentiated worksheets and many other resources, these 'Let's solve place value problems' lessons provide all you need to teach this useful scheme of work.

Using Venn Diagrams

The first lesson in this series encourages your class to identify and discuss how numbers have been sorted into different Venn diagrams. Your class will have the opportunity to work out the rule that has been used to sort numbers, as well as adding more numbers to the different sections of the Venn diagram.

Guess My Number

The second lesson in this series focuses on using the place value of digits to solve number problems. Your class will be encouraged to work out which number is being described from a series of clues. Numbers are shown in various forms such as numerals, words and represented using base ten blocks.

Representing Numbers With Coins & Beads

The third lesson in this series encourages your class to explain why different representations of coins and beads denote certain numbers.

These activities will promote the use of mathematical language, reinforcing the use of place value skills as well as representing numbers in different forms.

Ordering Numbers

During the fourth lesson in this series, your class will apply their knowledge of number facts and place value to order dates and prices. The exciting activities include ordering famous people by the age they were at significant points in their lives and sorting temperatures in the United Kingdom and around the world. Your class will also have the opportunity to order money and date cards.

Secret Number

In the fifth and final lesson in this series, your class will continue to apply their knowledge of number facts and place value to solve a range of problems. During the teaching input the children will read several clues to work out a secret number using a hundred square to help. Finally the children will take part an end of unit quiz recapping various place value number problems they covered throughout the scheme.