Place Value

Online Activities for 1st & 2nd Classes

Khan Academy - Intro to Place Value: this video and the videos that follow, explore place value in 2-digit numbers and then answer the practice questions. You can also register for a free Khan Academy account to record your progress and explore other areas of Grade 1 maths.

Happy Numbers - Place Value Activities: A series of lessons and activities; do activities from Module 4 and/or 6.

Maths Visuals - Counting by one: Watch any of the videos and count out loud the numbers and images that are shown. Do you spot any patterns?

Maths Visuals - Counting above 100: Watch any of the videos and count out loud the numbers and images that are shown. Do you spot any patterns?

Maths Visuals - Place Value Concepts: Watch any of the videos and count out loud the numbers and images that are shown. Do you spot any patterns?

White Rose Place Value: a series of lessons on place value within 20. These lessons could be followed up with other place value lessons in year 1 or year 2.

Place Value Grouping Video: Watch a video of how ones (units) can be grouped into tens, to make various numbers.

Candy Machine: Help make up the orders of candy sticks by using bundles of tens and ones

Dienes Penalty Shoot Out: Identify the number of counters and create numbers using Dienes blocks (aka Base Ten Blocks). Choose game mode to earn penalty chances, and then numbers up to 20, 50 or 100.

Place Value Basketball: Select the correct number to match the image. Work your way up through the various options/levels.

Maths Frame - Empty Number Line: Practice placing numbers in the correct position; choose 0-10 initially and then move to the next levels to challenge yourself.

Maths Frame - Compare Numbers on Number Lines: Practice identifying the greater/smaller number; choose up to 10 initially and then move to the next levels to challenge yourself.

Maths Frame - Maths Invaders: Shoot the spaceship with the correct answer and dodge the incoming fire. Select play game and then Reading Numbers or Rounding Numbers

Lifeguards: Click and drag into the place value grid, the correct number of place value discs to make up the given number. Choose between 0-50 or 0-100 options. You can also play a similar game called Shark Numbers

Maths Goalie - Reading numbers: Read the numbers in word form and then input the same number but in standard form. Choose reading numbers, and then number to 20 or 100.

Place Value Charts: Make a given number by combining the parts that make up the number. Select practice and then T O (Tens and Ones) in either column.

Rocket Rounding: A multiple choice game involving rounding numbers: start with rounding numbers up to 99 and with the easier option of having a number line and then try to play the other more difficult option, no number line.

Battleship Numberline: Can you blow up the enemy submarines? This game starts very easy, where you must click the correct number on the number line, but then the game progresses in difficulty as the player must work out where a given number would be placed on the blank number line. Choose the whole number game.

I Know it! Place Value: Scroll down to place value to do any of the activities. For children at the beginning of first class try Place Value up to 20, Base Ten blocks up to 20 and Count to 100 instead. There are some more advanced activities in the second grade section.

Splash Learn - Place Value: An assortment of place value games organised according to US grade levels; start with the grade below your current class level i.e. for first class pupil's start with Kindergarten games and for second class pupils start with first grade games.

Place Value: a selection of games from ixl.com. You can do a number of free quizzes each day without having a subscription. (Please note that the class levels given do not always align accurately with the content of the Irish Primary Curriculum)