Number (order and place value)
Lesson
What's in a name? In this activity, you'll work with a partner to practise number names.
Materials
For this activity you will need
- Two sets of ten cards numbered 0 to 9 (one for each person)
- a 6 sided die
- optional: a number expander (you or your teacher can print one out from here)
Game Rules
Take turns drawing 5 cards from the deck. Use those cards to make a number. (If you want you can write this number on your number expander.)
Roll the die. The number will decide how you read your number aloud to your friend.
- 1 or 2- Say how many units in your number
- 3 or 4 - Say how many tens and units in your number
- 5 or 6 - Say how many hundreds and units in your number
Your friend then uses their number cards to recreate your number.
Example
Your friend draws a 4, 6, 2, and 8. He decides to make the number 6248. If he rolls
- 1 or 2 - He says, "six thousand, two hundred plus forty-eight units."
- 3 or 4 - He says, "six hundred twenty four tens plus eight units."
- 5 or 6 - He says, "sixty-two hundreds plus forty-eight units."
Follow-Up Questions
1. Were there numbers that were more difficult to say than others? Why was that?
2. If you had numbers with a zero, did this make a difference to how difficult you felt the number was?
Variations
- Draw more cards
- Change the requirements for the dice rolling