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LAB ACTIVITY

Make the Greatest Number

Objective:

To learn about place value of digits.

Materials Required:
Flash cards numbered 0 to 9.

Procedure:
Try to build the greatest number.
1. The students of the class are divided into groups of 10 each. Each student of the group is assigned a
digit from 0 to 9, whose flash cards they can hold.

2. Ten slips of paper with digits 0 to 9 written on them are folded and put in a box.
3. The teacher draws a slip and reads the digit. The digit called once is not repeated.
4. Students from each group hold ing the flash card bear ing the digit called take posi tions of their
choice marked O (ones), T (ten), H (hundred), Th (thou sand), T.Th (ten thou sand) on the floor
designated for their group.

TTh Th H T O TTh Th H T O TTh Th H T O
Group I Group II Group III

5. The proce dure is repeated till all the five slots are occu pied by the students. The posi tions once
taken cannot be changed or interchanged with others.

Result:

The group with the greatest number formed wins the game and the one with the second highest number
comes second. The group with next number in descending order is third and so on. The group with the
smallest number comes last.

Note : The game can be played for few more rounds.

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