Teaching Resource
4-Digit Place Value Game - Race Up the Rounding Ladder
A fun game for students to play in pairs to consolidate their understanding of rounding to 10, 100 or 1000.
Students will love challenging each other using this fun, engaging place value game.
Print out and laminate copies of the game board and number cards.
In turns, students must round the numbers on the number cards to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000 (depending on what is decided before commencing the game). If they round the number up, they move up the ladder on their game board. If they round the number down, they move down the ladder.
The student who reaches the top of the ladder on their game board first is the winner.
More comprehensive instructions on how to play the game are included in the resource.
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NSW Curriculum alignment
- MA2-4NA
WholeNumbers - applies place value to order, read and represent numbers of up to five digits
Victorian Curriculum alignment
- VCMNA131
Apply place value to partition, rearrange and regroup numbers to at least 10 000 to assist calculations and solve problems
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACMNA053
Apply place value to partition, rearrange and regroup numbers to at least 10 000 to assist calculations and solve problems

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Added editable number cards for differentiation.
Addition by Kristian May 16th, 2018
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Is there a two-digit or three-digit number version of this game?
Nicole Paratore · Feb 21st, 2018
Hi Nicole, thank you for your comment. We only have the 4-Digit game at the moment. However, please feel free to submit a change request. Simply click on the ‘Changes & Updates’ tab above and we’ll be happy to help.
Scott (Teach Starter) · Mar 1st, 2018