Comparing and ordering numbers

There are 87 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Comparing and ordering numbers

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Less is more

Age

7 to 11

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Use your knowledge of place value to try to win this game. How will you maximise your score?

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Difference sudoku

Age

14 to 16

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Use the differences to find the solution to this Sudoku.

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Greater than or less than?

Age

7 to 11

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Use the numbers and symbols to make this number sentence correct. How many different ways can you find?

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Round the two dice

Age

5 to 7

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This activity focuses on rounding to the nearest 10.

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Round the four dice

Age

7 to 11

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This activity involves rounding four-digit numbers to the nearest thousand.

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Would you rather?

Age

7 to 11

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Would you rather: Have 10% of £5 or 75% of 80p? Be given 60% of 2 pizzas or 26% of 5 pizzas?

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Sorting the numbers

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7 to 11

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Can you put the numbers in the correct place in this Carroll diagram?

$Can you do \it too?$

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Can you do it too?

Age

5 to 7

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Try some throwing activities and see whether you can throw something as far as the Olympic hammer or discus throwers.

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Olympic starters

Age

7 to 11

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Look at some of the results from the Olympic Games in the past. How do you compare if you try some similar activities?

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Now and then

Age

7 to 11

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Have a look at the results for some events at past Olympic Games. Can you use these to predict the results at the next Olympics?

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Comparing and ordering numbers

Less is more

Difference sudoku

Greater than or less than?

Round the two dice

Round the four dice

Would you rather?

Sorting the numbers

Can you do it too?

Olympic starters

Now and then