according to their size from smallest to biggest thus enabling him/her to understand
the idea of ascending order better.
- Descending Order
An arrangement from biggest to smallest is said to form a descending order. Descend
means ‘move down’ or ‘downwards’.
The procedure using the students themselves, meant for teaching the concept “ascend”
can be followed to teach the concept of “descend”, the only difference is to start
from the tallest and proceed to the smallest.
The procedure followed in teaching the idea of ascending order using the circular
objects, may also be followed for teaching the idea of descending order.
- More
Any object (or thing) whose magnitude is comparatively higher than the rest is said to
be more than others.
Few heaps of beads with varying numbers can be formed and the child be asked to
explore their magnitude by counting the beads in each heap. The heap whose magnitude
is greater is more than the rest.
- Less
Any object (or thing) whose magnitude is comparatively smaller is said to be less than
the rest.
The procedure followed in teaching the concept of ‘more‘ can be followed to teach the
concept of less also, with the same heap of beads.
