Give students a hands-on way to represent three-digit numbers with this Place Value Cake activity! Students build a cake model using hundreds, tens, and ones, then complete a recording page to show the number in multiple forms.

This activity combines place value modeling with important number sense skills, making it a useful addition to a second or third-grade place value unit.

Students will practice:

• Representing three-digit numbers
• Identifying hundreds, tens, and ones
• Writing numbers in standard form
• Writing numbers in expanded form
• Writing numbers in word form
• Finding 10 more and 10 less
• Finding 100 more and 100 less
• Comparing three-digit numbers
• Counting forward from a given number

Use this activity for whole-group instruction, independent practice, math centers, or a place value review.