Place Value Quest in the Classroom
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Why it fits a classroom
- Free, with no subscription and no paid tier.
- No student accounts and no personal data — open it in a browser and play. See the privacy policy.
- Works on an interactive whiteboard: everything is tap, drag and choose, with large targets and no typing.
- Visual representations the whole class can discuss — blocks, place-value boards, counters and number lines on the same screen.
Ways to use it
- Five-minute warm-up. Put the Digit Machine or a “which is correct?” question on the board and ask the class to vote before you tap.
- Stations or centres. One device per pair; each pair works through a world and explains its answers to the other.
- Targeted support. Pupils who stumble on zeros or on thousands can practise exactly that — the game adapts its questions to the skills a child finds hardest.
What it covers
- Ones Village — numbers are built; 10 ones make 1 ten
- Tens Forest — tens and ones, and trading
- Hundreds Castle — 10 tens make 1 hundred
- Digit Factory — a digit’s position sets its value
- Zero Caverns — three-digit numbers and zero as a place holder
- Thousands City — 10 hundreds make 1 thousand
- Trading Station — four-digit numbers and their zeros
- Space Station — ten thousands and beyond
- Number Vault — reasoning from clues
- Number Kingdom — everything together, up to six digits
Scope: the game covers concepts commonly taught to children aged about 7–10. It is not certified against any curriculum; check it against your own scheme of work. The approach behind it is described in the learning approach, and how the game teaches explains each activity.
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