Place Value Math Box

MATH HOMEWORK BOX

(Place Value Activities)

Place Value Cards (cut apart)

1. Memory

- place the cards face down

- try to make a match by turning over the card with the number (8,067) and find the other card with the expanded form(8,000+60+7)

- the person with the most matches wins the game

2. Choose Ten

-choose ten of the place value cards

-place the cards in order from least to greatest

-choose ten different place value cards

-place the cards in order from greatest to least

3. Art Math

- choose 5 of the place value cards

- draw a picture showing how much each card is worth

4. The “Write” Stuff

- choose 5 of the place value cards

- use words to write the number represented on the card

5. Rounding

- choose 5 place value cards

-round each card to the nearest:

a. thousands

b. hundreds

c. tens

d. ten thousands

Cowboy Playing Cards

6. Place Value War

- separate the cards into two piles

- each person lays down 6 cards in front of him/her

- each person has just made a 6 digit number (for example- if you laid down the following cards: 4-9-8-3-2-1 it would make the number 498,321)

- who ever lays down the largest number wins that round and collects all the cards

-the person with the most cards wins

Dice

7. Biggest Number

- You need at least 2 players

- Each player needs a piece of paper and a pencil

- Each person makes a place value chart on his/her paper (see below)

- Roll the die

- Each person places the number rolled on the chart wherever he/she wants

- After all the places are full, compare numbers

- The person with the highest number wins

- Play again, but this time the person with the smallest number wins

Ten

thousands thousands hundreds tens ones

8. Round the Dice

- Make a place value chart that goes up to millions

- Roll the die and place the numbers on the chart

- Once all the place value spots are filled roll the die one more time

- If you roll an odd number (1, 3, 5) then round your number to the nearest hundred thousand

- If you roll an even number (2,4,6) then round your number to the nearest hundred

Around the House Items

9. Tenths (and hundredths)

- Point to the net mass marked on a box of cereal or bag of dried beans.

-Ask your child to identify the number in the tenths’ place.

-Your child should point to the first digit to the right of the decimal point (45.6)

-Have your child read the decimal number: forty-five and six tenths

- Find other products that have masses given as decimals.

- Each time, have your child point out the number in the tenths’ place and read the mass.

- Repeat the activity but use items with decimals showing the hundredths column

10. Number Contest

-Work with your child to find as many numbers as you can in magazines or newspapers in five minutes

-Look for numbers from 1 through 999,999 written in either word form, such as fifty, or standard form, such as 50. Page numbers DO NOT count.

-When the five minutes are up, have your child read all of the numbers out loud

11. Ordering Numbers

- If you have an encyclopedia, atlas, or computer access, have your child look up the following populations for:

Mexico United States

Canada France

Kenya Italy

-Have your child list the countries and their populations in order from least to greatest

-Ask your child to read each population figure out loud

12. Rounding Numbers

-Have your child write down examples of exact numbers he/she hears on the radio or on t.v. Some examples of phrases with exact numbers are 2045 new jobs; 654,222 people voted; a population of 64,567.

- Ask your child to ROUND each of the numbers to the nearest thousand. To do this, he/she should look at the number in the hundreds’ place. If the number is 5 or more, the number is rounded up (64,567 would be rounded to 65,000.)

-If the number is in the hundreds’ place is 4 or less, the number is rounded down (2045 is rounded to 2000).

-Extend it- have your child read how many miles you have driven the family car then have him/her round that number to the nearest ten.

13. Foothills Web Site (Make sure Mom or Dad give you permission)

http://schools.jordandistrict.org/foothills

-Go to STUDENTS then scroll to the bottom and click on “Math Links”

- Choose “Rain Forest Math” (there is a frog picture next to it)

-type in the user name: rfmp0380

-password: quilt75

- Click on Grade 4

- Choose the Place Value Activities (rounding, base ten blocks, etc.) found on the first line that says, “Number”.

Worksheets- follow directions on each paper

The pages are double-sided therefore, one side equals one math box activity.