Ordering numbers III

Ordering numbers III

Pencil and paper
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
This task is about putting numbers in order.
Practical task

  • Cut out all the numbers in the chart below.
  • Place the numbers in order from smallest to largest on the snake, with the smallest number at the snake's head and the largest number at the snake's tail.
  • Each number has a line drawn underneath it to show which way up it goes.
  • When you have placed the numbers in order glue them on to the snake. 

 

 
 

84

34

16

59

2

77

76

7

89

27

61

98

60

48

43

30
Task administration: 

This task is completed with pencil and paper, and other equipment.

Equipment:

Scissors; glue; one green and one brown coloured pencil, crayon, or felt pen per student.

A line has been drawn under each number, to show which way up it goes, to avoid confusion once the numbers have been cut out. This will need to be explained to students.

Levels:
1, 2
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Number and Algebra, Number Knowledge
Keywords: 
ordering numbers, place value, whole numbers
Description of task: 
In this practical task students order numbers from smallest to largest by gluing them onto a picture of a snake.
Answers/responses: 

 

 

3 marks
or
2 marks
or
1 mark

For all cards in the correct order, i.e., 2, 5, 7, 16, 27, 30, 34, 43, 48, 59, 60, 61, 76, 77, 84, 89, 98,
For one number out of order/in the wrong place.
 
For two numbers out of order/in the wrong place.