Resources by BEAM Education

This book consists of six numeracy lessons for each year from Reception through to Year 7: 48 lessons in all. The lessons include counting, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, place value and the number system, percentages and Pi.

Place Value Activities for Students Aged 5-7

A selection of resources, published by BEAM, for teachers of primary mathematics. They include challenging problems and puzzles, open-ended investigations, cross-curricular activities and resources to practise and develop students' mathematical understanding.

The three activities and their mathematical...

Place Value Activities for Students Aged 7-9

Published by BEAM, these two activities can be used to develop students' understanding of ordering and place value using numbers up to 200.

*Jigsaw uses numbers from 101 to 200. Students have to cut out the pieces then arrange them into a ten by ten grid.

*What's in a date? - students have to organise...

Place Value Activities for Students Aged 9-11

In this activity, published by BEAM, students have to solve mathematical clues to discover a hidden four-digit number. Each place value has a different clue which requires students to solve a problem using a variety of operations including squaring numbers, adding and subtracting decimals and using BODMAS correctly...

Place Value Games for Students Aged 11-13

Published by BEAM, these games provide opportunities for students to apply their knowledge of place value, rounding and ordering.

*One or less - involves students choosing numbers including decimals and dividing them to try to make a number close to one or two after rounding.

*Round to a whole -...

Place Value Games for Students Aged 5-7

Published by BEAM, these games provide opportunities for students to apply their knowledge of place value, number recognition and ordering.

The games, with their mathematical content, are:

*Make a two digit number - comparing two digit numbers

*Numbers in a row - using dice to generate numbers...

Place Value Games for Students Aged 7-9

Published by BEAM, these games provide opportunities for students to apply their knowledge of place value, number recognition and ordering.

*Nearest to 30 - students use dice to generate digits which can then be multiplied by either five or ten to try to reach a set target.

*Nearest to 500 - students...

Place Value Games for Students: Aged 7-9

Published by BEAM, these games provide opportunities for students to apply their knowledge of place value, number recognition and ordering. *Aim for 500 - in this game both players roll the dice and use the numbers to make two three-digit numbers, then add them up. Whoever gets a total closest to 1500 wins the game...