Primary Chalkboard: Games To Teach Place Value

Aloha friends! Corinna here from Surfin' Through Second. I want to share with you some fun math games that I use to teach and reinforce place value in my classroom.

Students learn best when they are engaged and having fun. I always try to incorporate math games into each lesson to reinforce concepts and practice important skills. Place value is such an important concept. These 5 games are fun and easy to implement in your class. You can use dice, cards or spinners for each of these games.

I'm The Greatest

Students use number cards 0-9. They pick a card and have to decide whether to put it in the ones, tens or hundreds place. The object is to make the greatest number possible. They can play with a partner or you can do it as a whole class. Click {Here} to Download the cards and template.

Place Value Battle

Students use cards or dice. They can play using 2 digit or 3 digit numbers. The first card is placed in the hundreds place, the second in the tens and the third in the ones. The greatest number wins.

10 More 10 Less

Students create a number using cards or dice. Then they write a new number that is 10 more or 10 less. They can play with a partner. Partners can check answers and then create their own numbers.

Expand It

Students use the spinner templates to spin a number. They spin on the hundreds, tens and ones. They can write it in expanded form and standard form. The person who spins the highest number wins.
Click {HERE} to download the spinners.

Money Trade

My students love this game! You need one and ten dollar bills. Students choose a banker. The banker hands out the money. Students roll the dice. If they roll a 6, the banker gives them 6 dollars.

Once the students have 10 or more dollar bills they can trade in 10 ones for 1 ten. The first person to get 10 tens is the winner.