Ordinal Numbers Competitions

Ordinal numbers competitions

Ordinal number races

Choose one of the challenges below, do that thing at the same time as each other, then together decide who finished first, second, third, etc.

Suggested things to try to do

• run to the whiteboard
• say the alphabet from A to Z
• sing the ABC song
• count to fifty
• count to a thousand in tens
• hit the whiteboard with a paper aeroplane
• put your head under the table
• say the months of the year
• say the days of the week three times

Do the same, but this time one person will watch and decide who is first, second, etc.

Do the same, but this time with people guessing their position and the person watching telling them if they were right or not, e.g. “(I think) I was seventh” “That’s right”/ “Actually, you were…” If the person who was watching agrees, they get one point.

Ordinal numbers positions guessing game

Choose one of the topics below. Everybody will then try to guess their position in the class or your group in that thing, e.g. “My birthday is third (in the year).” Ask each other questions to check that thing (e.g. “When is your birthday?”) You get one point if you were right about your position in that thing. 

• Height – How tall are you?
• Age – How old are you? (in years and months, and maybe days)
• Going to bed – What time do you go to bed?
• Doing homework – How long do you spend doing homework every day/ week/ month?
• Getting up – What time do you get up?
• Waking up – What time do you wake up?
• Eating dinner – What time do you eat dinner?
• Birthday – When is your birthday?
• Eating breakfast – What time do you eat breakfast?
• Books – How many books do you have?
• Computer games/ Video games – How many video games do you have?
• Brush your teeth – What time do you brush your teeth in the morning/ in the evening?
• Going on a plane – When did you first take a plane?
• Going to another country – When did you first go abroad?
• Home – How long does it take to get to your house from here?
• Collections – How many Pokémon cards do you have?/ How many… do you have?
• Family – How many cousins do you have?/ How long is it since you saw your grandmother?
• Places – How many times have you been to Disneyland?/ How many times have you been to… store?/ How many times have you been to…?