Place Value Pirates
Subject: Mathematics
Grade Level: 2-5 (depending on decimals/non-decimals)
In Place Value Pirates, students must use their place value skills to dispatch of the wretched pirate Sir Francis Place Value
and his horrible band of place value pirates! Simply read the prompt that appears at the top of the game and click or
touch the pirate with the number that matches the prompt. For example, a prompt might read ""7" in the thousands
place. Scan the pirates and dispatch of the one with the number that contains a "7" in the thousands place. The game
consists of five rounds; each round more challenging the last. For computer versions, users can earn codes after each
round so they never have to start all over again. In addition, the game can be played with or without decimals.
Common Core Standards:
2.NBT.1; 4.NBT.1; 4.NBT.2; 5.NBT.1; 5.NBT.3
Warm-Up Activity
Students can practice their place value skills using any of my Place Value Pirates (with decimals) Picture-based Math
Exercises at:
http://mrnussbaum.com/place-value-pirates-practice-level-1/ (two decimal places)
http://mrnussbaum.com/place-value-pirates-practice-level-2/ (three decimal places)
http://mrnussbaum.com/place-value-pirates-practice-level-3/ (four decimal places)
For more formal practice (and to practice non-decimal based place value), students can use my standardized test
simulations at:
http://mrnussbaum.com/grade_3_standardspvalue210/ (place value 1-999)
http://mrnussbaum.com/grade_3_standardsplace_value/ (ten and hundreds thousands column)
http://mrnussbaum.com/pv/ (place value in large numbers)
http://mrnussbaum.com/grade5standards/516-2/ (place value and decimals)
Main Activity:
Before students play Place Value Pirates, it may be helpful for them to watch the instructional video at
http://mrnussbaum.com/placevaluepirates/
To play Place Value Pirates:
http://mrnussbaum.com/placevaluepirates/ (click Play Now) – For the Computer
http://mrnussbaum.com/place-value-pirates-ipad.html - For iPad/Tablet (with decimals)
http://mrnussbaum.com/place-value-pirates-no-decimals-ipad.html - For iPad/Tablet (no decimals)
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Note Tablet and Computer versions of this game are different
Assessment:
After students have played Place Value Pirates, distribute one of the following printable assessments (These are for nondecimal. Use standardized test simulations to assess place value and decimals).
http://mrnussbaum.com/practicing-place-value/
http://mrnussbaum.com/practicing-place-value-2/
http://mrnussbaum.com/practicing-place-value-3/