Place Value Games

5th Grade Students Will Love

Place Value Games 5th Grade Students Will Love! Place Value is a very fundamental math concept which helps build their number sense!

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This place value activity can is great for one student, or it can be played by two or more students to see who can make the largest number.

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What You Need:

• Number spinner on next page. No need to cut the number spinner out.
• Paper clip and pencil for number disc. To use spinner, place pencil in middle of spinner and spin paper clip around tip of pencil. 
• Game sheets (last pages of this pdf).

How To Play:

(This activity can be enjoyed for one student, or played as a game between two or more. Make it your own, and have fun with it.)

Here’s one way to play as a game with 2 or more Players: 

• Choose who goes first. First player spins and writes the number they land on in either the Tens or the Ones place.  
• The next player spins and writes the number landed on in either the Tens or Ones space

Example:

• Player 1 spins and lands on 5. Player 1 decides to put write 5 in the Ones place
• Player 2 takes their turn, spins, and lands on 8. Player 2 decides to write 8 in their Tens space.

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Why is Understanding Place Value So Important?

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Place Value is perhaps the most fundamental concept for elementary and middle school students. Fundamental math concepts like regrouping and multiple-digit multiplication; just to name a couple, all depend heavily upon a child's understanding of place value.

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