Showing numbers many ways
Represent numbers using objects, pictorial representations, and the number line
What a learner can do afterwards
- Show a given number using counters, cubes, or fingers
- Draw a pictorial representation of a quantity (e.g. tally marks, dots)
- Locate a number on a number line
1 · Read
A number can look many ways. Blocks, dots, fingers, and the number line can all show it.
Tap each block and count out loud.
Try it together
Leo wants to show the number 3. He holds up 3 fingers. Then he draws 3 dots. Both show 3.
Good to know
Pick the way that helps you see the number best. Objects, pictures, and the number line are all correct.
Objects, pictures, and the number line can all show a number. Any way you pick is correct.
2 · Watch
Take it off screen
Print a worksheetA4 with an answer key page for grown-ups. No screen, no internet.
Where it sits
Learn first
This opens up
Then practise
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.