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Race to zero

Uses two spinners and a grid board containing numbers 119 to 0. Players take turns to spin both spinners and decide which to use, subtracting the amount from their current position. Players explain where they need to move their counter to and explain their thinking. If their partner agrees, they move the counter to the corresponding position. The aim is to move their counter from 119 to zero.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 1, Year 2
Audience	Student, Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource, Student task
Format	Video
Keywords	games, subtraction, fluency, reasoning, understanding, place Value, explicit teaching
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Number, Build understanding
Topics	Place value, Addition and subtraction
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M1N03 Quantify sets of objects, to at least 120, by partitioning collections into equal groups using number knowledge and skip counting AC9M2N05 Multiply and divide by one-digit numbers using repeated addition, equal grouping, arrays, and partitioning to support a variety of calculation strategies
Numeracy progression	Counting processes (P6) Number and place value (P4) Multiplicative strategies (P5)
Copyright details
Organisation	NSW Department of Education
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