The Power of Place Value · Number and Place Value

Patterns on the Number Line

Estimating and placing numbers on scale-based representations to develop a mental number line.

Key Questions

  1. 1How can we estimate the position of a number if the number line has no labels?
  2. 2What stays the same and what changes when we count in steps of ten?
  3. 3Why is it easier to compare numbers when we look at the tens digit first?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

KS1: Mathematics - Number and Place Value
Year: Year 2
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: The Power of Place Value
Period: Number and Place Value

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