Place Value: Hundreds, Tens, and Ones Math Games

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In this series of games, your students will learn to understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones. The Place Value: Hundreds, Tens, and Ones learning objective — based on CCSS and state standards — delivers improved student engagement and academic performance in your classroom, as demonstrated by research. This learning objective directly references 2.NBT.A.1 as written in the common core national math standards.

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Concepts Covered

Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones. 

A preview of each game in the learning objective is found below.

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City Planner Estimated Duration: 10 minutes The player is an intern working on an international real estate company called City Planner Inc. They will be asked to build houses in major cities around the world. buildings will be presented as a card, showing its tile size and capacity. Players will be instructed to build an optimal amount of building which requires their understanding of placing value hundreds, tens, and ones.
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MathSlime: Learn Hundreds, Tens and Ones Estimated Duration: 15 minutes Mathslimes are peaceful creatures that have always lived in an enchanted forest. Today they are going to need you to harvest their fruits and bake delicious pies. But be careful, you will need the exact amount of fruit, no more, no less. Through three levels where nature is queen and magical, you will have to harvest, sort and cook the delicious apples that the Mathslimes love. You can choose from two Mathslime heroes who will follow you throughout your adventure. You will have to find the right quantities by manipulating the hundreds, tens and units. At the end of this game, understanding three-digit numbers will have no more secrets for you. Have fun.
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Number Expedition: 2nd Grade Estimated Duration: 17 minutes Learn about place values in a fun math game while discovering a mysterious hidden island throughout your adventure.
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Basketball Master Estimated Duration: 12 minutes Shoot a basketball through the hoop and answer some questions along the way! The game does not have any instructional content, it simply has review questions spread throughout.
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Galaxy Escape Estimated Duration: 20 minutes 10 Bright Monsters have been captured in space and they need your help to cross the galaxy jumping between platforms, finding them, and releasing them by correctly answering each question. Each monster that you release and unlock will be available to play with in the next level, in the search for the next monster. In your journey, you’ll be able to find power-ups, like ‘Double points’ and ‘Slow down’, which can be activated by finding gems, and their duration can be extended by correctly answering a question. Unlock and release the 10 different monsters and a spaceship along 10 different levels, while you make the most possible points.
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Tap Thousand Estimated Duration: 15 minutes Our Lab is going to get overflowed with even more cells - they're growing even more than before! We need your help to store them to prevent any damage or disaster happening. All you need to do is convert the cells and send us the correct amount to store based on the number or equation shown. In this game by Zapzapmath, students will learn their counting skills from numbers up to 1000.
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Place Value Estimated Duration: 5 minutes Place value review for 2nd grade
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