Hands-On Learning with Free Place Value Mats & Place Value Number Cards Printables

Place value is taught in many different ways and at different ages. I love using place value mats and place value cards to help with learning place value math. It is an easy way for those visual and hands-on learners to see how it works.

I wanted to have something simple we could use in many different ways. Today I have the free place value mats and place value number cards for you to grab.

These are great for learning place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division as well.

The place value mats and card printables are a great addition to the place value printables on the site.

What is Place Value?

The dictionary says that place value is the numerical value that a digit has by virtue of its position in a number.

That sounds really complicated, but it is not. Each number digit has a value based on where it is. So, if I have the number 24. Then the 2 is in the tens place, and the 4 is in the ones place. It is super easy once you understand what each place value is.

There are several terms used in place value: standard, value, expanded, and picture.

Place Value Mats & Place Value Number Cards Printables

You have a fun set of place value mats with each mat have three place values for the mats. The set also has cards with numbers to match the place value. This is a great way to work on place value with a hands-on chart and place value cards to build the numbers.

Place Value Mats Printables

Each of the place value mats is really simple they have space for 9 spots and in each place value. I wanted to work with something that showed just 9 columns so that it would be easy to see that if you had more than 9 spaces you can move it to the next place value. Or it carries over to the next place value.

I recommend laminating the place value charts to help them last longer. I wanted something that would fit a unifix cubes in nicely.

They have three place values per sheet. You will find place value sheets for ten, ones, hundreds, thousands, ten thousand, hundred thousand, million, ten million, hundred million, billion, ten billion, hundred billion, tenths, hundredths, thousandths

Place Value Number Cards Printables

The cards have two different types of place value cards. They have numbers 0 to 9 for each place value. You have the cards are in expanded form and the unit form for the numbers. Why not ten spots in a column? Because if you have enough for 10 you move it as 1 to the place value.

Things to use with the Place Value Mats & Place Value Number Cards Printables

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• printer
• color cardstock
• laminator
• laminating pouches
• white cardstock
• 1 inch ring
• place value dice
• place value easy reader book

Ways to use the Place Value Mats and Place Value Cards Printables

There are so many ways to use these but today I wanted to show you how we used these to build numbers. You can keep the pages together or cut them up to make a big mat.

Place Value Mats with Unfix Cubes

I love using unifix cubes with the mats. You can use the different colors in each column.

Place Value Mats with Place Value Dice

I often use the place value mats with place value dice. You can get dice for different levels but I have a set of 10 dice that I just love. They are great for working on expanding form of the numbers.

Place Value Mats with Place Value Dice

You roll the three dice and then match the numbers to the correct column and then fill it in with unifix cubes. I like to match the unfix colors to the place value dice color

Place Value Mats with Erasers

Because every season changes I love using erasers with these. You can use 3 types of erasers for each place value. It makes it simple and easy to use. I use the cards this time and we flipped through the cards to place the erasers on the mat. We get a lot of our erasers at Target.

Place Value Mats with Counters

We have also used counters as well. You have several colors and you can mix up the different sets.

Place Value Mats with Easy Reader Book

Now if you want to have fun you can use the place value charts with the place value easy reader book and build the numbers are you read the book.

Be sure to scroll down to get both printables.

What you will find in the Free Place Value Mats

• 3 place value per page
• Place values: ten, ones, hundreds, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand, million, ten million, hundred million, billion, ten billion, hundred billion, tenths, hundredths, thousandths
• 5 pages

What you will find in the Place Value Number Cards printables

• 1 page place value per place value
• Place value number card cover and 0 through 9 number for each place value
• Place values: tens, ones, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands, millions, ten millions, hundred millions, billions, ten billions, hundred billions, tenths, hundredths, thousandths
• Written in unit form and expanded form
• 42 pages

More Place Value printables & Activities

Apple Place Value Activity lets you build place value numbers with an apple theme.

Fun Pirate Place Value Task Cards is great to look at what numbers are in which place value.

Easy To Use Place Value Bookmarks give you a great way to look at the numbers for each play value with how many zeros are after each number.

Check out all the fun Place Value Activities on 3 Dinosaurs.

Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com