Beginner

40 mins

Teacher/Student led

+80 XP

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Comparing Numbers to 20, Which Is More?

You will use the number line to compare pairs of numbers up to twenty and decide which is more. You will practise saying more than and fewer than for each pair.

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1 Getting Started
2 Watch and Notice
3 Try It Together
4 Circle Which Is More in Your Copy
5 Class Challenge
6 What Did We Notice?
7 What's Next
Pupil practice

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Number line

1 - Getting Started ~3 mins

A full-time scoreboard on a green pitch between two sets of goalposts. Our school 15, Visitors 12.

Our school scored 15 points at the blitz. The visitors scored 12. Who scored more, and how do you know?

👇 Mark your steps as done as you complete them.

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2 - Watch and Notice ~8 mins

Look at three pairs of match scores. Each cube is one point. The row that reaches further along has more, and its marker sits further along the number line too. The other score is closer to zero, so it is fewer (fewer means not as many).

Two rows of cubes above a number line from 0 to 20. Our school has 15 cubes and reaches 15. Visitors has 12 cubes and reaches 12. On the line, an orange marker points at 15 and a blue marker points at 12.

15 is more than 12. 12 is fewer than 15.

Two rows of cubes above a number line from 0 to 20. Red team has 9 cubes and reaches 9. Blue team has 19 cubes and reaches 19. On the line, an orange marker points at 9 and a blue marker points at 19.

19 is more than 9. 9 is fewer than 19.

For the last pair the markers sit close together, so look carefully which one is further along.

Two rows of cubes above a number line from 0 to 20. Red team has 14 cubes and reaches 14. Blue team has 16 cubes and reaches 16. On the line, an orange marker points at 14 and a blue marker points at 16.

16 is more than 14. 14 is fewer than 16.

👇 Mark your steps as done as you complete them.

+10 XP

3 - Try It Together ~8 mins

Let's try it together. First, two teams come to the front: a team of 6 and a team of 9. They stand in two lines, side by side. Who has nobody beside them? That team has more.

Now we mark the scores on the line and say which is more and which is fewer. First 6 and 9, then 10 and 13, then 8 and 18, then 15 and 17.

Mark two scores: which is more?

+15 XP

4 - Circle Which Is More in Your Copy ~2 mins

COPYBOOK MOMENT

In your maths copy, write 12 and 15. Circle the number that is more, then write: 15 is more than 12. Next write 18 and 8. Circle the number that is more, then write: 8 is fewer than 18.

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Pupil practice

Module 1 · Numbers to 20: Read, Write, Order, Compare Number

Lesson 10 · Comparing Numbers to 20, Which Is More?

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