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Random number wheel, 1 to 30

Thirty numbers on one wheel: match them to class numbers, line up a game, or pick a page, problem or row.

Tap, flick or press Space

30 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.

The contents travel inside the link after the # sign, which browsers never send to any server. Anyone you give the link to can read them.

Space spin, or stop sooner · R new round · M sound on or off · F full screen · Esc leave it

Your edits are saved in this browser only, and never sent anywhere. Turns and away marks never go into a link.

How to use it

  1. The wheel already holds 30 entries for “Number wheel 1–30”. 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

  • Give each student a number for the year and spin to call on them. It keeps names off the screen, which helps when a student is shy.
  • Pick which problem on the worksheet the class does together.
  • Choose a page number for a quick read-aloud or a dictionary hunt.
  • Play a spin and add game: two spins, then students race to write the sum, difference or product.
  • Call out table groups or rows by number, and take each winner off so no group is picked twice.

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Questions

My class has fewer than 30 students. What do I do?

Delete the extra numbers from the box. If you have 24 students, keep the lines 1 to 24 and the wheel redraws with 24 slices.

How do I get a bigger range, like 1 to 100?

Use the random number generator, which takes any range and can avoid repeats. The wheel is best for smaller sets that the class can watch.

Does each number have the same chance?

Yes. The winning number is drawn from your browser's secure random generator before the wheel turns, so 7 is no likelier than 28.

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