Math Intervention 3–5 Grade

Multifaceted Number Concepts 193

PLAYERS:

2 OR MORE

Which Place is Best?

A game designed to build the

concept of thousands and millions

Materials:

Q Place Value Frame for each player

Q Die (labeled 1–6 or 0–9)

Q Pencil or pen for each player

Q File folder for each player

Directions:

1. The fi rst player rolls the die. All players write this number
   in any one of the spaces on their place value frames. Play-
   ers use the fi le folders to keep the other players from see-
   ing where they placed the digit. Once a number is placed,
   it cannot be moved.


2. Players take turns rolling the die and placing digits in ei-
   ther the fi rst number or the second number until all of the
   sections are fi lled.


3. Players lift the fi le folders to reveal their numbers. Players
   read and compare the numbers. The player with the larg-
   est fi rst number earns 1,000,000 points. The player with the
   largest second number earns 1,000,000 points.


4. Play continues with players accumulating points until the
   winning player earns 10,000,000 points!

Content Differentiation:

Moving Back: Use fewer sections in the place value frames.

Moving Ahead: Include a decimal point somewhere on each

place value frame.

Note: This game appears in Taylor-Cox, J. (2005) Family Math Night:

Math Standards in Action. Eye on Education.