This SMILE resource contains three packs of games, investigations, worksheets and practical activities supporting the teaching and learning of place value and the number system, from identifying simple numbers to working with different number bases.

Place value and the number system pack one...

Published by BEAM, this collection provides a selection of resources for teachers of primary and lower secondary mathematics. Included are a number of challenging problems and puzzles, open-ended investigations, cross-curricular activities, and resources to practise and consolidate students' mathematical...

This selection of spreadsheets, designed by the Primary National Strategies to aid teaching and learning, tackles place value, rounding, estimation, fractions, percentages and decimals, in a variety of ways.

Place value dots shows the visual representation of a chosen number up to 999, in...

This series of interactive excel sheets is aimed at Year Five students and explores place value. New questions can be generated each time by the click of a button. To check the answers click on the smiley face.

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This series of interactive excel sheets is aimed at Year Four students and explores place value. New questions can be generated each time by the click of a button. To check the answers click on the smiley face.

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This series of interactive excel sheets is aimed at Year Six students and explores place value. New questions can be generated each time by the click of a button. To check the answers click on the smiley face.

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Within this resource, learners will work in groups of four, use their mathematical skills and scientific knowledge to help plan for an expedition to the Antarctic in 3 sessions.  They will consider the appropriate clothing, food and other essential equipment they will need to take with them.  Learners will also use...

This guidance from QCA supports the planning, development and implementation of the curriculum for students with learning difficulties. It is aimed at supporting the work of a range of adults who are concerned with meeting the needs of students with learning difficulties. This includes class teachers, subject...

This resource contains four instant maths ideas, ideal for use as starter activities, extension work or as probing questions to assess understanding. The activities provide students with the opportunity to photograph and consider the plans of unusual objects, create plans and elevation drawings of solids made from...

This resource, from the Royal Institution, provides a practical experience which introduces students to the classification of 3D shapes. Modelling equipment is used to construct solids and explore possible shapes that can be formed with only triangular, square or pentagonal faces. Students also learn about Platonic...

This activity from Cre8ate maths involves students in designing a playground. They will have to decide upon a suitable outdoor space and consider key features relevant to their design. Scaled templates can be used to trial several layouts giving consideration to safety...

This resource asks students to consider the properties of 'number cubes' - or dice. There are three questions to investigate, including rearranging the dots so that the difference between opposite sides is always constant. The extension ask students to consider different kinds of dice and an invitation to think of...

This resource bank consists of 16 activities exploring and investigating polygons. The activities include: • The 'make a polygon' game for two players • Making polygons using a pinboard • Investigating the number of diagonals in a polygon • Exploring the shapes and tessellation properties of different polyominoes...

This resource contains 21 instant maths ideas designed to explore the properties of polygons. Practical activities include creating polygons by folding newspaper, exploring the number of triangles that can be drawn on a triangular dotted grid and creating, naming and classifying quadrilaterals. Students are asked...