The
range of NEMP activities
The
NEMP activities (in bold) covered the following
features of place value: |
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Girls
and Boys |
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showing 26 and 32 with place value blocks. Showing links between multi-digit
numbers and the objects that they represent. A child can show that
the tens digit refers to groups of ten objects. |
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dividing 26 by two and dividing 32 by two using place value blocks.
Conservation of number. The value of a number is not affected by changes
in the grouping. |
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Population |
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explaining the meaning of individual digits within a four-digit numeral.
This extends the concept development of showing to being able to express
it verbally. |
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Calculator
Ordering |
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put 4010, 140, 41, 4100, 104 and 14 in order of size - comparing relative
magnitude. |
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reading and
writing numerals. |
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Number
A |
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multiplying
by 100 |
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Number
C |
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writing words for 3,4 and 6 digit numbers in figures |
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multiplying by 10 |
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Algorithms |
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adding and subtracting one and two-digit numbers. |
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Motorway |
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estimating and then multiplying by 100 (knowledge of one strategy).
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36
+ 29 |
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mental calculation
of addition |
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Speedo |
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adding
and subtracting 1,10, 100, 1000 to and from a 4-digit number. |
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There
do not appear to be any activities that show a child's ability to
count groups of ten. |