Year 1 Place Value to 50 Lesson Pack

Build secure understanding of place value with this Year 1 place value to 50 lesson pack. This set of lessons helps pupils find one more and one less, compare objects and numbers within 50, and order numbers confidently using tens and ones.

Children use ten frames, bead strings, number tracks and number grids to support counting and comparison. The lessons also introduce and reinforce the correct use of <, > and =, helping pupils explain which number is greater, smaller, or equal. Practical tasks and visual models are used throughout, making the learning accessible and easy to teach.

What’s included?

• Full lesson pack covering place value within 50
• Teaching slides with clear modelling and vocabulary prompts
• Differentiated worksheets for each small step
• Activity cards and practical tasks using tens and ones and ten frames
• Number tracks and number grids to support comparison and ordering
• Problem-solving challenges, including mystery number questions

Small steps covered

• Find one more and one less within 50
• Compare objects within 50
• Compare numbers within 50
• Order numbers within 50

This pack is ideal for whole-class teaching, interventions, or revisiting key place value skills across the spring term. It supports pupils in using mathematical language accurately and builds strong foundations for later addition and subtraction.

Browse the full unit here: Year 1 Place Value Within 50 resources.