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Place value: numbers to 100 and 1,000

This guide provides a sequence of steps for building place value understanding, from representing numbers to 100 through to comparing objects and numbers to 1,000.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 2, Year 3
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource, Teaching strategies
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Questioning, Explicit teaching
Keywords	place value, base 10, base 10 blocks, reasoning, problem-solving, addition, part-whole model, explicit teaching
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Number, Build understanding
Topics	Addition and subtraction, Place value
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M2N01 Recognise, represent and order numbers to at least 1000 using physical and virtual materials, numerals and number lines AC9M2N02 Partition, rearrange, regroup and rename two- and three-digit numbers using standard and non-standard groupings; recognise the role of a zero digit in place value notation AC9M2N04 Add and subtract one- and two-digit numbers, representing problems using number sentences and solve using part-part-whole reasoning and a variety of calculation strategies AC9M3A02 Extend and apply knowledge of addition and subtraction facts to 20 to develop efficient mental strategies for computation with larger numbers without a calculator
Numeracy progression	Number and place value (P5) Additive strategies (P7, P8) Number patterns and algebraic thinking (P3)
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