Place Value Game Worksheet (Page 4 of 6) in pdf

Finish First (Grades 2 +)

Digit Place (Grades 3 +)

Skills: Expanded form, Standard form, and Word

Skills: place value of numbers

form (100’s-100,000’s)

Players: 2 or more

Players: 1 or more

Materials: gameboard, paper, pencil

Materials: 6 dice per student

Procedure:

1) Each player draws the gameboard. Add more

1) Players roll all 6 of their dice and create a

columns

number with the dice.

Guess

Digit

Place

2) They must then write the number in standard

form, word form, and expanded form as

quickly as possible.

2) Players or teacher determines the amount of

3) The first player to finish calls “Finished First.”

digits for the numbers in the game. For

4) The player who finishes first can give

example, if you are working on hundreds, you

themselves a point.

would do three digit numbers. The first time

5) Play continues until a player reaches 5.

you play, you probably want to start with just

Variation 1: Students can play by themselves just for

two digits.

practice.

3) Player 1 thinks of a 2 digit number and writes

Variation 2: Reduce the number of die to work on

it somewhere so they don’t forget their

smaller place values.

number. Make sure player 2 doesn’t see the

number. Example: 36.

Who Is Closer? (Grades 3 +)

4) Player 2 guesses a two digit number. If player

Skills: comparing numbers, expanded form, reading

2 guesses either a digit or place, Player 1 fills

numbers

in the chart. See example board below: Player

Players: 2

2 guesses 50 and had neither the digit nor

Materials: cards (Ace=1)-9, 4 dice per pair

the place correct so player 1 writes 0’s in

Procedure:

both of those places on the chart.

1) Each player draws 4 cards and lays them out

5) Play continues until Player 2 guesses number.

face up.

6) Player 2 then writes a mystery number and

Example: cards drawn 6 5 7 2

Player 1 guesses numbers until he/she has

2) Each player then rolls their 4 dice and builds

guessed the correct number.

and verbalizes their number.

Guess

Digit

Place

Example: 4 2 6 3

3) Players then attempt to build a number with

their cards that is closest to their rolled

number.

Example: Player would build 5,267 because that

is the closest number to 4,263.

4) Players then compare whose card number was

closest to their rolled number.

5) The player closest to their rolled number takes

all the other player’s cards.

* The second guess had 1 digit correct but it was in

Variation: You can use this activity for rounding.

the wrong place. Player 2 must now decide which digit

Players round both their rolled numbers and their

is correct. So on the next guess, player 2 decided to

cards. The player closest to their rolled number takes

change the place of the 3 to see if that was the digit

all of the cards.

that was correct. You get the idea.

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