teaching resource

Expanded Form Match Up Puzzles

Updated: 23 Oct 2023

Practise matching standard numbers to their expanded form with your students using this fun, hands-on number puzzle.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 1 Page
Years: 2 - 3

Curriculum

VC2M2N01

Recognise, represent and order numbers to at least 1000 using physical and virtual materials, numerals and number lines <ul> <li>recognising missing numbers on different number lines, for example, a number line with 1800 on one end and 2200 on the other, with every decade numbered</li> <li>recognising and locating the position of pieces within hundreds chart puzzles using knowledge of the order of natural numbers</li> <li>reading and writing numerals, and saying and ordering two-, three- and four-digit numbers using patterns in the number system, including numbers with zeros in different places and numbers that look and sound similar (such as 808, 880, 818 and 881)</li> <li>collecting large quantities of materials for recycling (for example, ring pulls, bottle tops and bread tags) and grouping them into ones, tens and hundreds, and using the materials to show different representations of two- and three-digit numbers</li> </ul>
VC2M3N02

Recognise, represent and order natural numbers using naming and writing conventions for numerals beyond 10 000 <ul> <li>moving materials from one place to another on a place value model to show renaming of numbers (for example, 1574 can be shown as one thousand, 5 hundreds, 7 tens and 4 ones, or as 15 hundreds, 7 tens and 4 ones)</li> <li>using the repeating pattern of place value names and spaces within sets of 3 digits to name and write larger numbers: ones, tens, hundreds, ones of thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, ones of millions, tens of millions; for example, writing four hundred and twenty-five thousand as 425 000</li> <li>predicting and naming the number that is one more than 99, 109, 199, 1009, 1099, 1999, 10 009 … 99 999 and discussing what will change when one, one ten and one hundred is added to each</li> <li>comparing the Hindu-Arabic numeral system to other numeral systems; for example, investigating the Japanese numeral system, 一、十、百、千、万</li> <li>comparing, reading and writing the numbers involved in more than 60 000 years of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ presence on the Australian continent through timescales relating to pre-colonisation and post-colonisation</li> </ul>

teaching resource

Expanded Form Match Up Puzzles

Updated: 23 Oct 2023

Practise matching standard numbers to their expanded form with your students using this fun, hands-on number puzzle.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 1 Page
Years: 2 - 3

Practise matching standard numbers to their expanded form with your students using this fun, hands-on number puzzle.

Number Puzzles for the Win!

Teaching children to read and write numbers in various forms, such as word form, digit form, and expanded form, provides children with a comprehensive understanding of numbers. It goes beyond simply recongising digits; it empowers them to grasp that numbers can be expressed in different ways, from the spoken words we use in everyday language to the symbolic digits that underpin mathematical operations.

This set of individual puzzles has been created and designed by a teacher to enable a different way for students to practise their knowledge of place value and numbers to 6 digits!

How to Use These Number Puzzles in the Classroom

This set of number puzzles ranges from matching 2-digit numbers to 6-digit numbers. Deciding on what your students are capable of is the first step, and then you can set them up for success by only providing the pieces that suit their level.

For those students who are ready – give them all the pieces and try to give them a time limit for matching all the puzzle pieces together.

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This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a Teach Starter collaborator.

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Curriculum

VC2M2N01

Recognise, represent and order numbers to at least 1000 using physical and virtual materials, numerals and number lines <ul> <li>recognising missing numbers on different number lines, for example, a number line with 1800 on one end and 2200 on the other, with every decade numbered</li> <li>recognising and locating the position of pieces within hundreds chart puzzles using knowledge of the order of natural numbers</li> <li>reading and writing numerals, and saying and ordering two-, three- and four-digit numbers using patterns in the number system, including numbers with zeros in different places and numbers that look and sound similar (such as 808, 880, 818 and 881)</li> <li>collecting large quantities of materials for recycling (for example, ring pulls, bottle tops and bread tags) and grouping them into ones, tens and hundreds, and using the materials to show different representations of two- and three-digit numbers</li> </ul>
VC2M3N02

Recognise, represent and order natural numbers using naming and writing conventions for numerals beyond 10 000 <ul> <li>moving materials from one place to another on a place value model to show renaming of numbers (for example, 1574 can be shown as one thousand, 5 hundreds, 7 tens and 4 ones, or as 15 hundreds, 7 tens and 4 ones)</li> <li>using the repeating pattern of place value names and spaces within sets of 3 digits to name and write larger numbers: ones, tens, hundreds, ones of thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, ones of millions, tens of millions; for example, writing four hundred and twenty-five thousand as 425 000</li> <li>predicting and naming the number that is one more than 99, 109, 199, 1009, 1099, 1999, 10 009 … 99 999 and discussing what will change when one, one ten and one hundred is added to each</li> <li>comparing the Hindu-Arabic numeral system to other numeral systems; for example, investigating the Japanese numeral system, 一、十、百、千、万</li> <li>comparing, reading and writing the numbers involved in more than 60 000 years of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ presence on the Australian continent through timescales relating to pre-colonisation and post-colonisation</li> </ul>

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