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Open ended Math problems
Open ended Math problems
Open ended Math problems
Open ended Math problems
Open ended Math problems
Open ended Math problems
Open ended Math problems
Open ended Math problems
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"This was a great warm up math lesson for mental computation! I also use it when we have extra time in class. "
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Lauryn J.

Description

Encourage students to think about place value in a range of ways with these open ended problem solving task cards. They allow ample opportunities to problem solve and show thinking. A great warm up lesson for mental computation, homework task or handy in a relievers bag - this pack has it all. With a total of 72 place value number based cards you can use one a week for the school year with them increasing in difficulty as your students progress. Easy to differentiate too!

Example questions include:

A number has been rounded off to 9000. What might this number be?

Write as many numbers as you can that have a 9 in the tenths place.

The answer is 95 legs. What is the question?

Five numbers make a total of 19 273. What might these be?

What’s included?

  • Question cards cover place value concepts from the Year 2 to 5 Number strand of the Australian Curriculum.
  • Now with 72 colour cards and a black/white version of each. (Updated from 48 in Jan 2025)
  • 8 cards per A4 page - please select ‘fit to page’ before printing.
  • Levelled sections so you can choose exactly the right level for your learners

Suggestions to organise:

Printed 2 (pages) per page
Stored in a fishing tackle box - the sections are perfect to keep them all separated and organised!

Miniature versions of the cards can be used as labels.

Please make sure you check the preview for more details.

You can follow my store for notifications of new products, freebies and sales. If you love this resource it would be greatly appreciated if you leave feedback earning store credits every time you do.

If you are interested in this resource, I recommend these:

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Comprehension task cards - infer and retrieve

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Open ended Math problems

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What others say

"This was a great warm up math lesson for mental computation! I also use it when we have extra time in class. "
star
Lauryn J.

Description

Encourage students to think about place value in a range of ways with these open ended problem solving task cards. They allow ample opportunities to problem solve and show thinking. A great warm up lesson for mental computation, homework task or handy in a relievers bag - this pack has it all. With a total of 72 place value number based cards you can use one a week for the school year with them increasing in difficulty as your students progress. Easy to differentiate too!

Example questions include:

A number has been rounded off to 9000. What might this number be?

Write as many numbers as you can that have a 9 in the tenths place.

The answer is 95 legs. What is the question?

Five numbers make a total of 19 273. What might these be?

What’s included?

  • Question cards cover place value concepts from the Year 2 to 5 Number strand of the Australian Curriculum.
  • Now with 72 colour cards and a black/white version of each. (Updated from 48 in Jan 2025)
  • 8 cards per A4 page - please select ‘fit to page’ before printing.
  • Levelled sections so you can choose exactly the right level for your learners

Suggestions to organise:

Printed 2 (pages) per page
Stored in a fishing tackle box - the sections are perfect to keep them all separated and organised!

Miniature versions of the cards can be used as labels.

Please make sure you check the preview for more details.

You can follow my store for notifications of new products, freebies and sales. If you love this resource it would be greatly appreciated if you leave feedback earning store credits every time you do.

If you are interested in this resource, I recommend these:

Maths links

Math mazes - 12 and 24 hour time

Math mazes - multiplication, times tables and problem solving

Find great FRACTION activities here

English Links

Comprehension reading and writing task

Punctuation task cards

Comprehension task cards - infer and retrieve

Report this resource to TPT
Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.

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Rated 4.73 out of 5, based on 17 reviews
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Rated 5 out of 5
June 17, 2025
This is a great resource! Thank you! Highly Recommend!
Amy Blevins
(TPT Seller)
1,401 reviews
Rated 5 out of 5
April 13, 2025
I have not used this resource to its full potential. Next year I plan to put it in as a center option. It allows students to be creative, connect to the concept, while not given an exact problem to solve. I then will include their word problems as a center activity the following week. They really enjoyed making problems for their classmates.
TeachPhysEd
(TPT Seller)
474 reviews
Grades taught: 4th
Rated 5 out of 5
January 5, 2025
This was a great warm up math lesson for mental computation! I also use it when we have extra time in class.
Lauryn Johnson
(TPT Seller)
178 reviews
Grades taught: 4th
Student populations: Emerging bilinguals, Learning difficulties
Rated 5 out of 5
August 29, 2024
Used it this week! Kids loved and I loved the ease of prep and use. Great product!
Lucinda W.
606 reviews
Grades taught: 4th
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Teaching with the kookaburras
(TPT Seller)
Sep 22, 2024
I’m glad you liked them. I print out mine for the whole year (1 per student plus an extra or 2) and store them in small storage container like a fishing tackle box. Saves loads of time printing during the year.
Rated 5 out of 5
July 25, 2024
Great Resource
viet V.
11,144 reviews
Rated 5 out of 5
July 7, 2024
This resource is a wonderful way to look at place value in different ways.
beverly kerr
(TPT Seller)
1,806 reviews
Grades taught: 5th
Rated 4 out of 5
January 15, 2023
We absolutely love using these during our Mathematics lessons! Highly engaging and great for reinforcing mathematical thinking.
Samantha F.
235 reviews
Grades taught: 4th
Rated 4 out of 5
December 28, 2022
Supported students at different levels which supported me with being given tome to work 1:1 with students that needed support
Debbie Casburn
(TPT Seller)
1,312 reviews
Grades taught: 4th, 5th

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to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones; e.g., 706 equals 7 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones. Understand the following as special cases:
Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.
Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.
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