Week 1 to 3 – Number: Place Value
Once children are secure with tens and ones and how to place
A packet of sweets contain 10 sweets.
numbers on a place value chart, comparing objects can be
Helena’s sweets
Zak’s sweets
introduced.
Children are expected to compare a variety of objects using the
vocabulary more than, less than and equal to and the symbols
< and >.
Who has the most sweets?
Use cubes to show that:
Eleven is less than fifteen.
19 is greater than 9.
2 tens is equal to 20.
How can you arrange the objects to make them easy to
Put <, > or = in each circle.
compare?
Do groups of ten help you count? Why?