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.
Use any of the operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication or division) and all 3 dice to form a number sentence that has a total of 1.
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
Only use 2 operations. For example, addition and subtraction.
Choose to use 2 of the 3 dice you rolled.
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.
Was there an operation you used more frequently than others? Why?