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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Numbers Quiz

Activity Type Introduction

Listening and Speaking In this fun numbers game, students dictate and write down large
Game: dictation, listening numbers and then use the numbers to complete a quiz.
for detail, matching (pair
work) Procedure
Give each student a number card. Tell the students to memorize
Focus the number on their card and then return it to you.
Large numbers
Next, give each student a piece of paper. Tell the students to write
Measurements numbers 1 to 16 on the paper.

Students then go around the class telling each other their numbers.
Aim
The students listen to their classmates' numbers and write them
To dictate and write down on the piece of paper. When the students have written down all
large numbers and then 15 numbers, they sit down and add their number at the end.
to use the numbers to
complete a quiz. Next, divide the students into pairs and have them compare their
numbers.

Preparation Go through the correct numbers as a class and review the meaning
Make one copy of the of each abbreviation, i.e. km = kilometers, km/s = kilometers per
number cards and cut as second, ft = feet.
indicated. Also, make one
copy of the worksheet for After that, give each pair a copy of the worksheet.
each pair of students.
Explain that with their partner, the students are going to try to
Each student will also match the numbers with the facts on the worksheet and write
need a blank piece of their answers in the spaces provided.
paper.
When the students have finished, elicit the correct answers from
If you have less than the class.
16 students, give some
students two number Pairs score one point for each correct answer.
cards. If you have more,
repeat some of the The pair with the most points wins.
numbers.
Answer key

Level 1. 900,000 9. 206

2. 384,400 km 10. 299,792 km/s
Intermediate (B1) 3. 1,675 km/hr 11. 149,600,000 km
4. 100,000 12. 29,141 ft
5. 7,600,000,000 13. 1,792
Time 6. 6,853 km 14. 1 in 1,000,000
30 minutes 7. 1 in 14,000,000 15. 8,852 km
8. 36,070 ft 16. 8,760

Note: 1, 4, 5, 7, 14 are approximate numbers

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Number cards

6,853 km 36,070 ft 1 in 14,000,000 299,792 km/s

1 in 1,000,000 8,852 km 384,400 km 8,760

100,000 1,792 29,141 ft 1,675 km/hr

206 900,000 7,400,000,000 149,600,000 km

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Facts Numbers

1. the number of insect species in the world .................................

2. the distance from the earth to the moon .................................

3. the speed the Earth rotates .................................

4. the number of hairs on your head .................................

5. the population of the world .................................

6. the length of the Nile River .................................

7. the chances of winning the lottery .................................

8. the deepest known point in the Earth's oceans .................................

9. the number of bones in the human body .................................

10. the speed that light travels .................................

11. the distance from the earth to the sun .................................

12. the height of Mount Everest .................................

13. the number of steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower .................................

14. the chances of becoming famous .................................

15. the length of the Great Wall of China .................................

16. the number of hours in a year .................................

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