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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)

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NSW Department of Education
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