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Ordering numbers 11- 20 practically

Lesson details

Learning outcome

You can compare and order numbers 11-20 practically.

Key learning points

  1. Understand numbers to 20 in the ordinal context, as part of a number track or line.
  2. Use the language of first second and third to order numbers and sets of objects to 20.

Keywords

  • First - The smallest of the values.

  • Second - The middle value of a set of three.

  • Third - The largest of the values.

Common misconception

You can't compare and order numbers that are not next to each other in the counting sequence.

Start with numbers close together in the counting sequence and move on to numbers with a larger gap.

Teacher tip

Start by comparing numbers of object in a set and move on to the language that allows us to say that 15 is greater than 12 even if we are not labelling a set. We are saying that 15 ones is greater than 12 ones.

Licence

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Lesson video

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Prior knowledge starter quiz

6 Questions

Q1.
How many robots are there in this picture?

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Correct Answer: 15, fifteen, 15, 15

Q2.
If we count on 4 places, what number do we finish on?

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Correct answer: 13
12
11
14

Q3.
Match the numbers with their spellings.

Correct Answer:10,ten

ten

Correct Answer:11,eleven

eleven

Correct Answer:12,twelve

twelve

Correct Answer:13,thirteen

thirteen

Correct Answer:14,fourteen

fourteen

Q4.
Which number is missing from the middle bead string?

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Correct Answer: 7, 7, 7, seven

Q5.
From left to right, (A to B) are we counting backwards, or counting forward?

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Correct answer: backwards
forward

Q6.
Which of these is a correct comparative sentence for the numbers 7 and 8?

7 is one greater than 8
8 is one fewer than 7
Correct answer: 8 is one more than 7
7 is one more than 8

6 Questions

Q1.
Put these in the right order to count backwards from 20.

1 - 20
2 - 19
3 - 18
4 - 17
5 - 16
6 - 15

Q2.
Match the sentences so that they are all true.

Correct Answer:20 is one more than ,19

19

Correct Answer:19 is one less than ,20

20

Correct Answer:fifteen is equal to ,15

15

Correct Answer:nine is one greater than ,8

8

Correct Answer:4 is one fewer than,5

5

Q3.
Order these numbers counting up to 20.

1 - 15
2 - 16
3 - 17
4 - 18
5 - 19
6 - 20

Q4.
Order these numbers counting up to twenty.

1 - fifteen
2 - sixteen
3 - seventeen
4 - eighteen
5 - nineteen
6 - twenty

Q5.
Which number is missing on the second bead string?

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Correct answer: 18
17
16
19

Q6.
Is the number of robots more, equal to, or less than 15?

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Correct answer: More than 15
Less than 15
Equal to 15

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