Understand Place Value Math Games

4 games

In this series of games, your students will learn that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left. The Understand Place Value 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 5.NBT.A.1 as written in the common core national math standards.

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Concepts Covered

In the base 10 system, the value of each place is 10 times the value of the place to the immediate right. In the base 10 system, the value of each place is 1/10 the value of the place to the immediate left. Multiplying by 10 moves the multiplicand one place to the left. If it is a single-digit number, then the imagined 0’s are placed in the ones place. Dividing by 10 moves the multiplicand one place to the right. 10 tens = 1 hundred but 10 tenths does not equal one hundredth. Use visuals with 1/10 the partitioned squares and 1/100 partitioned square models. One-tenth and one hundredth refer to that fraction of one whole, not the entire number.

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Bridgette's Place Values & Digits Estimated Duration: 14 minutes Help Bridgette sort crates in the warehouse while learning about place values and digits.

Place the Bridge Estimated Duration: 18 minutes Join this young engineer on an exciting adventure to contract bridges. Players will help him get the right amount of wood for each bridge. Each level introduces a new method of achieving the desired number by multiplying or dividing.

The Hack: Place Values Estimated Duration: 14 minutes Save the world from a fast spreading computer virus by hacking into its servers and defeating it with your knowledge of place value!

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Place Value Relationships to Left and Right Estimated Duration: 5 minutes Students will use place value charts and base 10 blocks to show the relationship of place value positions. Illustrations will show that digits have a value 10 times as much as the same digit one place to the right, and 1/10 of the value of the same digit one place to the left.

10x Light Years Away Estimated Duration: 14 minutes In 10x Light Years Away you'll take the role of faithful cat and dog companions Tapioca and Congo in their quest to defend their spaceship from enemy attacks and reach the depths of space! Through learning about multiplication and division and their correct notation, you’ll help these intrepid adventurers across the biggest adventure they have ever lived!

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.

Magical Forest Deluxe Estimated Duration: 15 minutes Find yourself in a magical forest full of treasures and adventures. Collect coins and berries, answer questions, earn points! Good luck!

Understand Place Value Math Games

Concepts Covered

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