The Ministry is migrating nzmaths content to Tāhurangi.
Relevant and up-to-date teaching resources are being moved to Tāhūrangi (tahurangi.education.govt.nz).
When all identified resources have been successfully moved, this website will close. We expect this to be in June 2024.
e-ako maths, e-ako Pāngarau, and e-ako PLD 360 will continue to be available.
For more information visit https://tahurangi.education.govt.nz/updates-to-nzmaths
Our numeration system (the Hindu-Arabic system) is a code in which the value of a digit is determined not only by its face value but also by its place value, or in other words the position that it is in. The base of this number system is 10. That means that the value of a digit in each place in a numeral is ten times greater than the value the same digit would have were it in the place to the right of it. For example, in the numeral 333, the left-hand 3 is worth 300, the middle 3 is worth 30, and the right hand 3 is worth just 3. It is an additive numeration system so the whole numeral is worth 300+30+3.
