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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.
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Year level(s) | Year 1, Year 2 |
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Audience | Student, Teacher |
Purpose | Teaching resource, Student task |
Format | Video |
Keywords | games, subtraction, fluency, reasoning, understanding, place Value, explicit teaching |
Curriculum alignment |
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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 |
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Organisation | NSW Department of Education |
Copyright | © State of New South Wales (Department of Education), 2020 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated. |
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