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Random number wheel, 1 to 20 v0.2.0

Tap, flick or press Space

20 entries

Hide a note behind a slice with a bar: cat | a small furry pet. It shows after the spin. Start a line with an emoji to draw it big. Two columns pasted from a spreadsheet work too.

After a spin

Anyone can come up again. Repeats are fine.

Who's away today?

Tap anyone who is away. Their slice is hatched and skipped today only; at midnight they are back. Nobody is deleted.

Drag the wheel round and let go to flick it. Your flick sets the show. The draw is already fair: your browser's secure random generator picks the winner before the wheel moves.

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Twenty numbers on one spinner, for teen numbers, counting to 20 and choosing a student, a question or a group in a class of twenty.

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How to use it

  1. The wheel already holds 20 entries for “Number wheel 1–20”. Edit, add or delete lines in the box and it redraws; your changes stay in this browser.
  2. Tap the wheel, press Space, or drag it and let go to flick it. The winner is drawn first with your browser's secure random generator; the pegs, the clicks and the big reveal only show it.
  3. Choose Fade the winner or Remove the winner to use every entry once, or Keep everyone in for repeats. “Original list” brings back the starting entries, and Print makes a paper spinner of the list.

Ideas for class

  • Spin and say the number as tens and ones, so 14 becomes one ten and four ones, with a drawing on the board to match.
  • Play more or less: spin a number and ask the class for one more, one less, ten more and ten less, as fast as they can.
  • Give each child in a class of twenty a number and spin to choose who reads the next line of the story aloud.
  • Use the spin to choose a question from a numbered list of twenty review questions at the end of a unit.
  • Make a human number line: spin, then ask the child holding that number to stand in order with the others.

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Questions

What is the difference between this wheel and the 1 to 30 wheel?

The 1 to 20 wheel has bigger slices and suits younger classes working with teen numbers. The 1 to 30 wheel matches the size of a full class. Both work the same way.

Is each number as likely as any other?

Yes. The winning number is drawn from your browser's secure random generator before the wheel starts to turn, so 20 is no less likely than 1. The spinning and the sounds only show the result.

How do I stop the same number coming up twice?

Choose Fade the winner or Remove the winner. A picked number then drops out of the wheel, so every number is used once. Press Original list when you want all twenty back.

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