In Year one, we know that place value is important because it helps you understand the meaning of a number. If people just used numbers randomly, no one would know which numbers people meant. You need place value to understand the order of numbers as well. If someone offered you 30 sweets or 99 sweets, you would need to know that 99 is more than 30 if you wanted the greater amount of sweets! In the next few weeks we are going to be having so much fun while learning to count in tens and to recognise place values of tens and ones. You can have a go at showing how many tens and ones are in two-digit numbers by clicking on this link. Can you show 25, 67, 13, 42 and 94 using the number pieces?
