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Read numbers to at least 1000

Mastermind

Timeframe: 10 minutes

Audience: Class vs teacher

Materials: Whiteboard & scrap paper

Summary: Teacher writes a place value chart at the top of the whiteboard  Th | H  | T | 0. Teacher chooses a 4 digit number and writes it down on a sticky note. Students read numbers out to the teacher, and the teacher uses a tick if it’s in the correct column, a dot if it’s the correct number in the wrong column and a cross if it’s in the wrong column and a wrong number.

Guiding questions: How might you read that number? What digit is in the hundreds/thousands/tens/ones column? 

Source: Unknown

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