Place Value Mats

This is a fun game to try with your children to practice place value.  All you need are large pieces of paper to create Place Value Mats  and a deck of cards without face cards (except A's).  The place value mats can be created to hold two or more diget numbers placing commas in appropriate places.  Each player has their own place value mat and draws cards one by one to fill up his or her place value mat.  After the mat is filled, the player reads aloud the number that was created by the cards.  (A's become 1').  Decide before the round if the goal is to get the highest number, lowest number, or anything else you want it to be.  The player who is makes a number closest to the goal wins.

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2nd Grade Standards:
2.1.2.D:
Apply place value concepts and base-ten numeration to order and compare whole numbers up to 500.