Place Value Enrichment - 3-digit Number Puzzles

Place Value Number Puzzles are a fun, interactive way to challenge and engage your students. The 20 original puzzles are designed to build a solid understanding of place value and number sense, while also developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

How do Place Value Puzzles work?
Students use hands-on number tiles (digits 0-9) and a series of 4-6 clues to build the one correct 3-digit number that meets the given criteria.

Each number puzzle includes a variety of math concepts, skills, and vocabulary to nurture a strong understanding of numbers, number operations, and number patterns. For example, puzzle #2 reads:

• It would round to 600 if rounded to the nearest hundred.
• All of the digits are odd.
• It is not a multiple of 5.
• It does not contain the missing digit in this equation: 63 ÷ ☐ = 7.
• The digit in the tens place is greater than the digit in the hundreds place.
• The sum of the digits is less than 15.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

How can I use Place Value Puzzles with my students?
The 20 Number Puzzles are provided in three different formats to help you adapt this resource to best meet the needs of your students and instruction.

1. Guided Pages: There are twenty full-page puzzles designed for whole group, small group, and/or other teacher-led instruction.

2. Cooperative Learning Cards: There are twenty sets of task cards for cooperative learning or student-led learning teams. Each set is made up of one Number Puzzle. The clues are separated into four different cards. Each member of the team is given one card or one piece of the puzzle. Students then work together to reach the solution.

3. Printable Pages: There are ten printable pages with two puzzles per page for independent or partner application.

This resource includes:
• 20 three-digit number puzzles in three different formats
• Detailed teacher tips for set-up and implementation of all three formats
• Answer Key
• Printable Number Tiles 0-9

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Place Value Puzzles are great for:
• Math Centers and Stations
• Anchor Activities
• Cooperative Learning
• Independent Enrichment
• Bell Ringers/Morning Work
• Anticipatory Activities/Learning “Hooks”

This resource is designed for high ability 3rd-grade students. You can find 2-digit Place Value Puzzles for 2nd grade HERE.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

If you and your students enjoy these activities, you may also like the following differentiated enrichment activities:

• Math Logic Puzzles (3rd grade)
• Hundred Board Number Puzzles (3rd grade)
• THINK! Math Enrichment Activities (3-4)
• Place Value Detectives: Enrichment Activities for Critical Thinking
• Brain Food! No Prep Printables for Critical and Creative Thinking

Please contact me if you have any questions. I would love to hear from you!
Christy
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
© Christy Howe. Materials are intended for personal use in one classroom only. For use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses.