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Showing posts with label math games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label math games. Show all posts

Monday, 6 April 2020

Monday Math Games: Dice Games

This week for math games, I am sharing some cool dice games. Last week we talked Card Games, but dice games are super fun if you have them around the house.

There are so many cool dice out there. I collected double dice (dice in dice) and 8 and 10 sided die. Dice of different colours, shapes, sizes - I have tons which I loved using when I was a teacher on call.



Shut The Box

Roll the dice, cross out numbers, and Shut the Box. As simple as that! Or is it? Play to find out and share your favorite strategy.
Goal: Player with the lowest score at the end of the game wins
Skill: Addition, Number Sense
Number of Players: 2 or more

The Path Game

This dice game is a great one that kids and adults can complete together. Which number can never be rolled? (Bonus tip: add in 1 or 2 more dice to increase the difficulty!)
Goal: Be the first to complete your path
Skill: Addition, Number Sense
Number of Players: 2 or more

Horse Race

Get your family together for a Horse Race – a quick dice game where you sum up and gallop ahead! Bonus points if you mimic the clippity-clop of hooves as you gallop to the finish.
Goal: Be the first player to reach the finish line
Skill: Addition
Number of Players: 2 or more

PIG

This is a great strategy game for kids and adults to play together - culminating in round after round of kitchen table math fun!
Goal: Be the first player to score at least 100 points
Skill: Addition, Problem Solving
Number of Players: 2-4

Over The Hill

This collaborative game allows players to work together to use addition, subtraction, and multiplication! Perfect for players of varying ages!
Goal: Be the first to cross out all your numbers to get over the hill
Skill: Addition, Subtraction, Sequencing, Multiplication
Number of Players: 2 or more

Connect 3

Brush up on addition skills with this quick paced Bingo-style game! First player to Connect 3 numbers in a row is a winner.
Goal: Be the first player to cover up three sums in a row
Skill: Addition, Number Sense
Number of Players: 2

All from: https://zenomath.org/toolbox/dice-games/

Also check out:
Place Value, Order of Operations, Fractions, Measurement and more


My previous dice game posts from a few years ago when I blogged more regularly:

Dice can be used for things other than just MATH - check it out....

Spelling Dice Game

Reading Comprehension Dice (Make your own)

Roll a Story

Sixes


More Math Dice Games:

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Monday, 30 March 2020

Monday Math Games: Card Games

I have decided to post some math games each Monday for the next little bit. It is easy to google "Math Games" and come up with hundreds of ideas. I encourage you to do so!

Today, I wanted to look at some card math games since most people likely have a deck of cards at home. (FYI, you can ask your local casino for decks of cards [once this self isolation and social distancing ends] which they give for free to educators - in Vegas I asked and got 5 decks from one lady!)

Playing card suit - Wikipedia

Sorting

Crazy Sevens (Fan Tan)
  • one deck of cards including face cards
  • 2+ players (4-6 ideal)
  • concepts: sorting by suit, counting up, counting down
  • How to play
Counting On
  •  one deck of cards, remove face cards (J, Q, K, A, Jokers)
  •  1-2 dice 
  • 2+ players
  •  concepts: counting on from any number besides 1
  • How to Play
Builder's Paradise
  •  one deck of cards, remove face cards
  •  1+ player
  • concepts: counting, sequencing, sorting
  • How to Play


Addition

Addition War
  •  one or more decks of cards
  • 2+ players
  • K-secondary school
  • concepts: addition, greater than/less than, adding and other skills in variations
  • How to Play including some awesome variations to this old fave game
Pyramid
  •  one deck of cards, face cards removed, except Ace (which = 1 in this game)
  • 1+ players
  •  concepts: addition and "making ten"
  • How to play
Once Through the Deck
  • one deck with face cards removed
  • 1+ player

  • concepts: basic addition, multiplication
  • How to play

Place Value



Place Value Mat

Place Value (with rounding)
  • one deck of cards with tens and face cards removed, use ACE as zero
  • 2+ players
  •  concepts: place value, rounding
  • How to play

Many more Math CARD Games here:


A great collection of fun math card games! These are easy, and in most cases all you need is a deck of cards!