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We all need to use numbers in our lives every day, for

counting and measuring and shopping. As well as being fun,

playing games is a good way to get quicker at working with

numbers. We can try to work out puzzles and tricks more

quickly than our friends. There are good ways to count fast,

too. Sometimes we even count down like space rockets!

guess less might notice start still throw write

Key Words

Use Teacher Talk to stimulate discussion of topic.

Refer to Contents list to locate specic information.

Use Glossary to check and clarify basic concepts.

Develop research skills based on this topic.

Identify digraph qu: quickly question

Focus on sufx er: faster leader player winner

Notice irregular spelling: answer guess people friend

Compare hard and soft c sounds: circle race notice

Follow directions to play number games.

First published in 2008 by Red Rocket Readers, an imprint of Flying Start Books Ltd. Reprinted 2013.

88a Hinemoa Street, Birkenhead, Auckland, New Zealand.

story Pam Holden

Printed in India

Photo researcher Rosalind Hayhoe

Photographs on cover and page 14 supplied by www.photolibrary.com

Photographs on and pages 4 and 8 supplied by Candoo Creative

Photographs on pages 2, 10 and 12 supplied by www.photonewzealand.com

All other photographs supplied by Jupiter Unlimited

This book is copyright. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in

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Word Count = 540

ISBN 978-1-776850-73-0

Number Games

written by Pam Holden

Contents Page

Counting races 2-3

Counting On 4-5

Guess the Number 6-7

Memory Test 8-9

Number Patterns 10-11

Number Gap 12

Near Doubles 13

Hot Potato 14-15

Age Sums 16

Counting races are always fun. Try to count faster

than your friend by using Shortcut Counting .

Remember that counting doesnt always start from

one! You can count by twos, threes, fives, or tens.

How quickly can you count the shoes in this group?

Count by twos, and you will be twice as quick, or count

by threes, fives or tens to be faster still.

,

,

To play Counting On , the leader throws a handful of

things onto the floor or table. The other players have a

race to count them and say the right answer. The best

way is to notice a group of things, and count on from

that group. There might be six buttons together, so you

can count on from six by ones, twos or fives.

Guess the Number is fun! The leader hides a group

of stones or buttons or other small things under

his hand. The others try to guess how many. If the

first guess is not right, the leader must give a clue,

like There are three less than that. The first

player who works out the right answer becomes the

next leader.

For Memory Test , a piece of paper is used to

hide some groups of things, like stones and

buttons and pencils. The players are told they

have a short time to look at the things before

they are covered over again. They must try to

remember how many things were in each group.

You need to play fast in Number Patterns !

The leader says or writes a list of numbers that

have a pattern and asks, Whats next? An easy

pattern might be: 22, 33, 44, ? or 9, 7, 5, ?

The first person to notice the pattern gets a point and

has the next turn. You will be able to think of much

harder patterns, like 99, 89, 79, ?

For Number Gap , the leader writes a list of

numbers and asks, Wheres the gap?

He might write, 18, 20, 24, 26, or 12, 9, 6,

The players race to work out the missing number

and win a point.

Who is the quickest at using doubles? Easy doubles

sums like + = and + = can help when you play

Near Doubles . You all know that + = 18, so you can

answer fast if you are asked a sum that has only one

different number: + = and + =

,

Would you like to play a fast game called Hot Potato ?

You only need a soft ball, which you use instead of a real

hot potato! Make a circle with your friends and start by

throwing the ball to one of them. Ask a sum like

Six plus eight? as you throw the ball.

When he catches the "hot potato", your friend must

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