Concepts covered: Fractions
Equipment: deck of cards, paper and pens
Good questions to ask while playing: “What fractions can you make?”; “Why did you choose to make ___?”; “Can you prove that ___ is larger/smaller than a half?”; “What would you do differently next time you play?”
Concepts covered: Multiplication/division
Equipment: Deck of cards, paper and pencil (optional)
Good questions to ask while playing: ““How did you work that out?”; “Is there a way to rearrange those cards to create a larger remainder?”; “What would you do differently next time you play?”
Missing Multipliers
The multiplication square below has had all its headings and answers hidden. All of the headings are numbers from 2 to 12.
By clicking on some of the cells to reveal the answers, can you work out what the headings must be?
Once you've worked out what each heading must be, drag the purple numbers to the appropriate spaces. When you think you have cracked it, click "Show the solution" to see if you are right.
3 in a Row Multiplication - Math Facts
Playing board (made with pencil and paper), counters or tokens
Good questions to ask while playing: “Why did you choose to make __ instead of __?”; “Explain to me how you got __?”; “What would you do differently the next time you played?”
This game has some similarity to tic tac toe. There are two roles - attacker and defender. The attacker is trying to score 15 points in three square (vertical, horizontal or diagonal). The defender is trying to stop the attacker from scoring 15 points.
Both players can use the numbers, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9. Once one of the numbers is used it must be crossed off and not used again.
Neither player can use the center square on their first move.