Four race bibs from sports day are pinned up out of order: 14, 8, 17, 11.
If these runners line up with the smallest bib first, who stands where?
Three sets of number cards on the board. For each set, find the smallest card first and drag it into its box, then the next, until the line climbs (each number is more than the one before it). Say each finished line aloud and listen for it getting bigger.
5, 12, 9
11, 20, 2
For the last set the numbers sit close together. Compare carefully, one pair at a time.
13, 15, 14
Line up the runners! Four runners come to the front. Each one holds a number card, like a race bib.
Everyone else, tell the runners where to stand, smallest number first. Then read the line aloud. Is each number more than the one before?
After the first race, one of us drags the same four cards into order on the board, to check.
First race: 6, 14, 9, 18. Second race: 12, 5, 20, 15. Last race: 16, 13, 19, 7.
Order four numbers
In your maths copy, copy these four numbers, then rewrite them smallest to largest:
- 16
- 7
- 12
- 19
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