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Place value: What’s in a number?
Students sort and describe one-, two- and three-digit numbers using correct terminology and Venn diagrams to identify patterns and generalisations.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 2
- Purpose
- Teaching resource
- Strand
- Number
- Topic
- Place value
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Webpage
- Australian Curriculum code
- AC9M2N02
- Numeracy progression
- Number and place value (P5)
- Publisher
Australian Academy of Science
- Copyright
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