1 - Getting Started ~3 mins
Dara gathered 47 conkers. Ella gathered 51. Who has more?
2 - Watch and Notice ~8 mins
Two numbers built with tens rods and unit cubes. Look at the tens rods first: which number has more tens?
51 has more tens, so 51 is more. We check the tens before the units.
Now these two share the same tens. What do we look at next?
Same tens, so the units decide. 36 is more than 32.
3 - Try It Together ~10 mins
We sort one pair at a time, and we check the tens first every time.
Which is more?
4 - Circle the Bigger Number ~5 mins
In your maths copy, write each pair. Circle the bigger number and underline the place that decided (tens or units):
- 25 and 52
- 44 and 41
- 38 and 83
5 - Class Challenge ~8 mins
Work through these pairs: 34 and 29, then 56 and 58, then 81 and 79, then 63 and 36. Sort each pair into More and Fewer. The last pair uses the same numbers in different places — 6 tens or 6 units?
Pick the bigger number
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