Largest number wins
This activity is designed for parents and whānau to do with their child to understand the place value of digits in a number.
About this resource
This resource helps learners to understand the place value of digits in a number.
Largest number wins
Required materials
- a pack of cards with picture cards and tens removed (Ace = 1)
- a place value chart to place the card on for each player
See Materials that come with this resource to download:
- Largest number wins activity (.pdf)
What to do
Shuffle the cards and leave them face down on the table.
Players take turns to take a card from the top of the deck and place it in front of them in either the hundreds, tens, or ones column. (e.g., in the number 367, the 3 is in the hundreds column, the 6 is in the tens column, and the 7 is in the ones column.)
Once the card has been placed, it cannot be changed.
After three rounds, the player who produces the largest numbers wins. (e.g., if 6, 9, 3 had been turned over, the player may have placed these as 639, 936, or 369, etc.)
What to expect your child to do
- Know the place value of numbers such as the 3 in 367 means 300, the 6 means 60, and the seven means 7 ones.
Variations
- Choose four cards – thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones columns.
Place value chart
Hundreds |
Tens |
Ones |
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He kupu Māori
| card | kāri |
| pile of cards | putunga kāri |
| three digit number | tau mati-toru |
| tens number | tau ngahuru |
| place value | uara tū |
| place value chart | tūtohi uara tū |
He whakawhitinga kōrero
- Riwhiriwhia ngā kāri, ka whakaputu ai, ko ngā mata ki raro. (Shuffle the cards and put in a pile face down.)
- Tangohia tētahi kāri, ka whakatakoto ai ki runga i tō tūtohi uara tū, ko tōna mata ki runga. (Pick up a card and place it face up on your place value chart.)
- Me āta whakaaro kia hea whakatakoto ai i tō kāri hei hanga i te tau mati-toru nui rawa atu. (You need to think about where to put your card so that you make the largest three-digit number you can.)
- Tangohia tētahi atu kāri ināianei, ka whakatakoto ai ki runga i tō tūtohi uara. (Take another card now and place it on your place value chart.)
- Kōrerohia mai tō tau mati-toru. Nā wai i hanga te tau mati-toru nui rawa atu? (Say your three-digit number. Who has made the largest three-digit number?)
- He aha te mati o ngā [rau/tekau/tahi]? (What is the [hundreds/tens/ones] digit?)
- E hia katoa ngā tekau kei roto i tēnei tau mati-toru? (How many tens altogether in this three-digit number?)
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