Complete different tasks at the farm with every correct answer, from planting seeds to growing and collecting fruit, fixing tractors and mending fences. A farmer’s work is never done!

This version focuses on using expanded form to add two-digit numbers. Students practise adding together the tens and ones values to find the total sum, strengthening their understanding of place value and developing flexible mental strategies for addition.

As they solve each question, students progress through a variety of engaging farm tasks. Once all questions are answered, they receive a summary sheet of all the jobs they completed during their busy day on the farm—making their learning feel purposeful and fun.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Add two-digit numbers by combining tens and ones using expanded form
• ✅ Strengthen place value understanding and number decomposition
• ✅ Build fluency with mental addition strategies
• ✅ Engage in multi-step, meaningful problem solving
• ✅ Practise foundational number skills in an interactive setting

How to Play:

1. Students are presented with two-digit addition problems using expanded form.
2. Each correct answer completes or advances a farm task such as planting, watering, or harvesting.
3. Some tasks involve multiple steps for added engagement.
4. The game continues until all questions are answered.
5. A wrap-up sheet is shown at the end, highlighting what students completed on the farm.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use during place value units as a warm-up or fluency task
• 💡 Great for Year 1–3 students learning to add using expanded form
• 💡 Include in rotations or independent stations with follow-up written tasks
• 💡 Reinforce learning with base ten blocks or tens and ones flip cards

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Let students personalise their experience by choosing from six characters before the game begins
• 💛 Select the number of players or teams at the start of the game to suit individual, paired, or group play
• 💛 Send the QR code home for students to play as a homework or revision task

Let’s Farm – Tens & Ones Expanded Form brings addition and place value to life through a hands-on, task-filled farming adventure your students will love!