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• TLF-IDM020069

How important is zero in place value? How would you write '50' if there was no zero?

• TLF-IDM008812

This is a 16-page guide for teachers. It is a module introducing the concept of place value.

• TLF-IDL1065

Make some music by building up rhythms from four instruments. Make a counting rule that matches a pattern on a number line. Select the start number and then select a number to count by. For example, describe a sound pattern where a saxophone waits on the first note, and then plays on every eighth note. Add a second number ...

• TLF-IDL1056

Help monsters in a choir to make animal sounds in order. Make a sequence of up to four sounds. Choose monsters so that their sounds match the sequence. Repeat the pattern to make a song.

• TLF-IDL8456

Test your understanding of place value with three-digit numbers. Start with a three-digit whole number such as 507. A spinner provides a randomly generated digit. Choose its place value and add it to (or subtract it from) your starting number. Work towards a given target number, say 539, using other digits. You can choose ...

• TLF-IDA004278

This resource introduces a number of activities focused around number patterns. Helping children to explore, continue and describe number patterns can lead to an early understanding of algebraic concepts.

• TLF-IDA004272

This activity challenges students to continue a number sequence from any starting point. Using counters or other physical materials to create the number sequence prior to recording may help students, as they will be able to see what the number pattern looks like.

• TLF-IDA004353

The focus of this activity is to discover if students can use their knowledge of repeating patterns created with objects and extend this to number patterns. It is important to remember to ask students to continue patterns to the right and left. This is important as students need to be able to count forwards and backwards.