Class 6 NCERT bridge course Answers Activity W4.5 NUMBER CLUE GUESSING GAME
Having a sense of numbers is vital for the understanding of numerical aspects of the world.
Students can be helped in improving their number sense at this level.
It requires exploring and playing with numbers, and being encouraged to think about patterns and relationships between numbers.
In school mathematics this element of playing and having fun with numbers is important.
The following games are suggested with this purpose.
These are expected to stimulate engagement, participation and mathematical reasoning.
It needs to be remembered that students learn to apply the concepts learnt faster while playing games.
A good game should have an element of competitiveness; this can be achieved by having two or more players who take turns to achieve a ‘winning’ situation of some kind. an element of choice and decision making about the next move throughout the game an element of interaction between the players in that the moves of one player affect the others.
It should be accessible for all, with good colour contrast, language choice, Braille, large font etc.
The following games will help in making students revisit numbers and also allow them to have a deeper look at them.
This will help in their further learning about numbers.
Give a copy of the hundred grid as shown to the students or it can be drawn on the Board. (Make this grid in Braille also)
Eight clues are given below:
1. The number is greater than 9.
2. The number is not a multiple of 10.
3. The number is a multiple of 7.
4. The number is odd.
5. The number is not a multiple of 11.
6. The number is less than 200.
7. Its one’s digit is larger than its tens digit.
8. Its tens digit is odd.
The game is played as follows
Tell the students that you have a number in your mind
To know this number the students have to use four clues out of the eight clues given above
One student may say the clue one by one; your response will be either Yes or No.
After the fourth clue the student has to think about the clues, he/she asked and the corresponding response given by you.
Based on this the student has to guess the number
If the student is not able to guess the number, the process is repeated with another student
The game proceeds in this way.
It may happen that there could be a group of numbers that come under one category.
The number supposed by you will have properties shared by many other numbers.
The students will be led to think about the properties of numbers.
After all the four clues are exhausted by one student,
discussion may be held about the clues given and the corresponding response given by you.
The students may be asked to locate a clue which is not useful.
🎯 Activity W4.5 - Number Clue Guessing Game
Guess the secret number using any 4 clues!
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