Place Value and the Power of Three Digits · Number Sense

Hundreds, Tens, and Ones

Decomposing numbers into their constituent parts to understand how the base ten system scales.

Key Questions

  1. 1What happens to the value of a digit when it shifts one place to the left?
  2. 2How can we represent the same number using different combinations of hundreds, tens, and ones?
  3. 3Why is the digit zero essential when writing numbers like one hundred and five?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

KS2: Mathematics - Number and Place Value
Year: Year 3
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Place Value and the Power of Three Digits
Period: Number Sense

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