Sort 1D
Put the items into the right order along a single dimension — oldest to newest, smallest to largest, first to last.
What makes it hard
The scale is usually wider than it looks. A set can run from a hand-held object to a desert, so the work is not recalling figures but judging orders of magnitude.
Timing and scoring
| Timer | 200 seconds |
|---|---|
| Scoring | Partial credit |
What the clues give you
Each item carries its own hint, so a clue anchors one position and the rest becomes easier to reason about.
An example
Where it comes from
Humanities and Thought › History › Ancient Worlds — Beginner (1/5)
Sort these ancient things by typical size, from smallest to largest:
The items
- a clay tablet, across
- a pharaoh's crown, top to bottom
- a scribe, standing
- a stone statue's height
- Petra's treasury, top to bottom
- the Great Pyramid's height
- the Dead Sea, end to end
- the Sahara, north to south
- the Great Wall of China's length
This is a real question from the library, shown exactly as a player first meets it. The answer is deliberately not given.