Around the house

Watch the video to learn how to play

(From J Bay-Williams and G Kling, 2019)

Transcript

OK mathematicians, to play this game we will need one or two markers, a game board, and you can draw one that looks like ours. It a house with the number one to ten around it, three, zero to six dice or spinners. You could also use playing card or a number spinner...

Transcript coming soon.

Collect resources

You will need:

3 x 6-sided dice (you could also use playing cards A-6 or a number spinner)
paper

2 pencils or markers

Instructions

Draw a ‘house’ shape.
Write the numbers 1-10 in order around the house. For example,

Roll all 3 dice.
Choose to use just 2 of your dice or you can use all of them to make 1. For example, you might roll 3, 5 and 2. You can make 1 by starting with 3 and then taking away 2.
If a player can’t form a total of 1, the other player rolls the dice and has a go at writing an equation number sentence) that is equivalent in value to 1.
- If a player can go, once he or she has found a way to make 1, cross the '1' out on the game board. Then, without rolling the dice again, try to create 2.
Continue taking turns, moving around the house in order from 1 to 10.
Your turn is over when you can’t make the next number around the house with the dice you rolled.  
The player to cross out the '10', wins!

Other ways to play

Use all operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division).
Each player has their own house to travel around.
Mark off numbers in any order, instead of moving from 1 to 10.
Use 10-sided dice (or spinners) and move around the house from 1- 20.

Discussion

Is it possible to make it all the way around the house without having to reroll? See if you can find a way.

Share/submit

Share your work with your class on your digital platform.