Order! Order! 2

Collect resources

Students will need:

• sticky notes (or blank number cards)

• markers

• 4 x 0-9 dice (you could also use playing cards, a spinner or numeral cards).

How to play

Students:

• roll the dice and create and record a 4-digit number.

• repeat until you have 4 4-digit numbers.

• order them from smallest to largest, and largest to smallest in the fewest moves possible, moving adjacent cards only.

Another way to play

• Make bigger or much smaller numbers (like decimals and fractions).

• Use only a few playing cards to form numbers (for example, use Ace-4 only). Does that increase the challenge of working out the order?