Games, Ideas and Activities for Primary Mathematics, 2nd Edition

Chapter 1

Place value

Number criteria

Number criteria is a great game for ordering three digits from a choice of five to meet different number criteria.

Suitable for

KS2

Aims

• To read and write numbers with three digits.
• Know what each digit represents in terms of its place and face value.

Players

• A game for two players

Resources

• Paper and pencils
• Digit cards 0–9, number dice
• Number criteria grid

What to do

• Organise children into pairs and give them each a copy of the Number criteria grid shown here.
• Players shuffle a set of digit cards and deal out five.
• For each round, players look at their five cards and select three to match the criteria. For example, one player may have the following cards 9 7 2 1 8 and another player may have ...