Place Value Digit Drag
Place Value Digit Drag
Great as a mental starter when you are teaching place value. Encourages lots of higher order mathematical thinking. Can be extended by asking children to express the general rules that will help them to answer each question. Drag the digits to make: the biggest possible number, or the 2nd smallest number, or the biggest odd number, or a number which is closest in value to another given number. Click here for the decimal version of the game.
About this game
Place Value Digit Drag is a free HTML5 maths game from MathsFrame. Great as a mental starter when you are teaching place value. Encourages lots of higher order mathematical thinking. Can be extended by asking children to express the general rules that will help them to answer each question. Drag the digits to make: the biggest possible number, or the 2nd smallest number, or the biggest odd number, or a number which is closest in value to another given number. Click here for the decimal version of the game.
Classroom use
- Use the game as a short warm-up, independent practice station, or end-of-lesson challenge.
- Ask the learner to explain one answer after each round instead of focusing only on speed.
- Choose the level inside the game that matches the learner’s current objective.
Source and play
Open the original MathsFrame game
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