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Place value, large numbers, rounding, Roman numerals: games and resources online

Place value
Tens and ones exercise
Enter the 2-digit number represented by ten-bags and one-balls.
www.dositey.com/2008/addsub/tenoneex.htm
Base 10 blocks applet
Drag 100-flats, 10-rods, and 1-squares into a working space. Hammer them to smaller pieces or glue them together to form larger pieces. Includes lesson plans for all four operations.
ejad.best.vwh.net/java/b10blocks/b10blocks.html
Virtual Manipulative: Base 10 blocks
Place value up to thousands. The program gives you a number to make and you click on the 1000-cubes, 100-flats, 10-rods, and 1-cubes to make it. You can change the number base to work in base 2, base 3, etc.
nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_152_g_1_t_1.html
Maths Teacher's Toolkit
Includes place value calculator, place value cards, interactive number line, hundred square, and other interactive Flash resources.
www.crick.northants.sch.uk/Flash%20Studio/cfsmaths/Toolkit/Toolkit.htm
Place the Penguins
Practice breaking up the numbers into tens and ones, or into
hundreds, tens and ones in this game.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/maths/placethepenguin.shtml
Place
value puzzler
Place value or rounding game, click on asked place value in a
number or type in asked rounding.
www.funbrain.com/tens/index.html
Can you say really big numbers?
Enter a really big number, try say it out loud, and see it written.
www.mathcats.com/explore/reallybignumbers.htm
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Place value
payoff Match numbers written in standard form with numbers written in expanded form
in this game.
www.quia.com/mc/279741.html
Line Dry Game
Fill in a missing number on the clothes line based on different skip counting patterns.
www.fuelthebrain.com/Game/play.php?ID=15
Hand made manipulatives Print these pages on cardstock to get your own base 10 blocks, rods, geometrical shapes, or algebra tiles (XY-blocks).
mason.gmu.edu/~mmankus/Handson/manipulatives.htm
Roman Numerals
Roman Numeras Tutorial
Good explanations of how numbers are formed using Roman Numerals, such as when to "add" or "subtract" the symbols. The page allows interactivity where the student can self-check his/her understanding.
www.beaconlearningcenter.com/weblessons/romannumerals/default.htm
Roman Matching Game
Drag the Roman numerals to the corresponding Arabic numerals. If you win the next game will be faster. See if you can beat the clock!
sln.fi.edu/time/keepers/Silverman/html/RomanMatch.html
Roman Numerals Worksheets
Generate worksheets for converting Roman numerals to normal (Arabic) ones, or normal numbers to Roman numerals, or do easy addition and subtraction problems with Roman numerals.
www.homeschoolmath.net/worksheets/roman_numerals.php
Roman Numerals Dot-to-Dots
Some dot-to-dot worksheets with animal themes that use Roman Numerals.
www.animaldottodots.com/romannumerals.php
Roman Numerals - Wikipedia
An article explaining the usage, origin, and a chart of Roman numerals.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals
Quia: Easy Roman Numerals
Translate Roman numerals into Arabic (covers I, V, and X only). Matching game, concentration, or word search.
www.quia.com/jg/66123.html
Roman Numerals - A Maths Webquest A set of web pages where you can learn all about roman numerals: how they originated, how to read & write the numerals, and places we still use the Roman number system today.
www.adrianbruce.com/roman_numerals/roman_numerals.htm
Roman Sequence Game
See how fast you can put these Roman numerals in the correct sequence.
www.fi.edu/time/keepers/Silverman/html/RomanSequence.html
Big Numbers
Naming Numbers
These pages teach number naming skills covered in K8 math courses. Each page has an explanation, interactive practice and challenge games about naming numbers.
www.aaamath.com/B/nam.htm
Megapenny
project Visualizes big numbers with pictures of
pennies.
www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/default.asp
Powers of ten
Illustrates the dramatic changes of scale when zooming in or
out is by powers of ten. microcosm.web.cern.ch/Microcosm/P10/english/welcome.html
Cookie
dough
Practice naming big numbers.
www.funbrain.com/numwords/index.html
Keep My place
Fill in the big numbers to this cross-number puzzle.
www.mathsyear2000.org/magnet/kaleidoscope2/Crossnumber/index.html
What does a TRILLION dollars look like?
A great visual of what a trillion dollars looks like (with 100-dollar bills).
www.pagetutor.com/trillion
Rounding and estimating
Rounding to the Nearest Ten
A number line from 0 to 100 where you can illustrate to the students how to round numbers to nearest ten.
www.absorblearning.com/media/item.action?quick=mi
Estimation
Exercises about rounding whole numbers and decimals, front-end estimation, estimating sums and differences.
www.aaamath.com/B/est.htm
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