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Number sense

Number sense

Number sense

Recommendations on how to support students who struggle with number sense.

For individual pupils

Building recognition of grouped quantities

Counting quantities systematically

Making number structure and place value explicit

Using number lines and benchmarks to show magnitude

Using number talks to compare and order numbers

For the whole class

Building quantity and magnitude understanding

Connecting number meaning and written notation

For a small group

Supporting place value and symbolic number understanding

Supporting quantity and magnitude understanding in maths

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