Numeracy: maths in your head - lesson starters and enders

Place Value
How many different Scores?
Aim To develop students' understanding of place value.
You will need a dice and each student needs to make a copy of the
score sheet.
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Description The dice is rolled eight times. After each roll, the students choose which
of the top eight boxes to record that number in. Once placed the
number cannot be changed. The game proceeds until all the top eight
boxes are filled. The students add up their score. The closest to 120
wins.
A very useful discussion can take place if the teacher records all the
different scores. Some questions to ask are:
How many different scores could there have been with the eight scores
on the dice?
The scores differ by 9. Will this always be true? Why?
Variations Change the target number.
Change from closest to 120 to furthest away.
Use two dice, one for the tens, one for the units.
Change the scoring sheet.
e-g- , , , ,
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