Every week my son and I play a math game. We're adding some fun to our math and solidifying skills that sometimes my lad seems shaky on even though he knows them. So have fun and practice them I thought.
The game we played this week was a greater than/less than game.
The game we played this week was a greater than/less than game.
I read about it being played a couple of different ways and I'll get to those later, but this is how we played.
Two pieces of scrap paper.. if playing a lot you could easily make up a wipe off board but for a quick game, scrap paper, a pencil and different dice are all that is needed.
We played with two dice each.
Set up the game as follows
___ ___ ___ > ___ ___ ___ > ___ ___ ___
___ ___ ___ < ___ ___ ___ < ___ ___ ___
Nine spaces to fill in each line.
Two die each, the total must be used up. You have a choice... add them and use the total OR use each number separately, do not use any number higher than 9.
Fill in the blanks.
You can add an optional challenge of who can make the highest number of the greater than and who can make the lowest number in the lesser thans.
Two pieces of scrap paper.. if playing a lot you could easily make up a wipe off board but for a quick game, scrap paper, a pencil and different dice are all that is needed.
We played with two dice each.
Set up the game as follows
___ ___ ___ > ___ ___ ___ > ___ ___ ___
___ ___ ___ < ___ ___ ___ < ___ ___ ___
Nine spaces to fill in each line.
Two die each, the total must be used up. You have a choice... add them and use the total OR use each number separately, do not use any number higher than 9.
Fill in the blanks.
You can add an optional challenge of who can make the highest number of the greater than and who can make the lowest number in the lesser thans.
You can help with the memory if desired by adding an error to show the biggest to smallest direction (we did this for the first round just to get our brains on the right path). We played several rounds, some competitively and others not so much.
There are a variety of ways to play.
1. one die each
2. no number used twice in the same number set
3. see who gets the better number in each of the nine sections
4. whatever other twist you want to add in... :) it's all good.
It was a great way to do quick mental math as it's a fast moving game so you don't want to waste your time either. It's great for a variety of ages, you can make it harder or easier depending on the participants.. I plan to play it another day with two and three digits numbers where multiplication is the rule rather than addition. :) Would be fun to add the twist of .. you can add OR subtract. :) Wouldn't that be a fun twist?
There are a variety of ways to play.
1. one die each
2. no number used twice in the same number set
3. see who gets the better number in each of the nine sections
4. whatever other twist you want to add in... :) it's all good.
It was a great way to do quick mental math as it's a fast moving game so you don't want to waste your time either. It's great for a variety of ages, you can make it harder or easier depending on the participants.. I plan to play it another day with two and three digits numbers where multiplication is the rule rather than addition. :) Would be fun to add the twist of .. you can add OR subtract. :) Wouldn't that be a fun twist?
My son had a variety of helpers who kept interrupting the game and as soon as it was over crowded around to offer congratulations and to try play the game for themselves. They had quite the conversation about it. :)
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