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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.
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If you are interested in this resource, I recommend these:
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Math mazes - 12 and 24 hour time
Math mazes - multiplication, times tables and problem solving
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What others say
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




