Mathematics·Number Representation & Place Value·representational
Representing Numbers
Identify, represent, and estimate numbers using different representations including the number line
Suggested ages 6–8
Learning journey
Your child is learning how numbers work by understanding place value — discovering that in two-digit numbers, each digit has a different value depending on whether it represents tens or ones.
Evidence of understanding
- Place a two-digit number on a 0–100 number line in approximately the right position
- Estimate 'about how many' objects are in a set of 30–50 without counting
- Represent the same number using base-ten blocks, a number line, and a drawing
- Represent a three-digit number using base-ten blocks, a number line, or a place-value chart
- Estimate where a number falls on a 0–1000 number line
- Match a base-ten representation to the correct numeral
Assessment prompt
Can Representing Numbers show a number like 346 in different ways — as base-ten blocks, on a number line, or as a drawing — and explain what each representation shows?
Standards alignment
Ma/KS2/Y3/NPV/4GB · uk-nc-2013
Identify and estimate numbers
The national curriculum in England: Key stages 1 and 2 framework document · Key Stage 2
Maths/Y2/NPV/3GB · uk-nc-2013
Identify and represent numbers
The national curriculum in England: Key stages 1 and 2 framework document · Key Stage 1