Also known as Yankee Grab and Newmarket, Going to Boston is a well known and easy to play math game that can help kids learn addition and multiplication skills. It can be modified to provide easier or more challenging versions, based on the skill level and age of the players.

Skills Learned

• Less than and greater than
• Addition
• Multiplication

Materials Needed:

• 3 dice
• Paper and pen for scoring

How to Play Going to Boston

1. Have each player roll one die. The player with the highest number goes first.
2. Each player in turn rolls all three of the dice. After the first throw, remove the die with the highest number and put it aside.
3. Roll the two remaining dice and again put the highest number aside.
4. Roll the last die and add up the numbers on all three dice to get the player’s score for that round. Record the score on a pad of paper.
5. Continue taking turns moving clockwise around the table until all players have had a turn. The highest score for the round wins.

Winning the Game

Play a number of rounds and either add up a combined score at the end or tally winning rounds to come up with a game champion.

Variations of Going to Boston

• Play with two dice for younger children to learn addition skills.
• Keep the lowest numbered die rather than highest for a slightly easier game that teaches addition skills.
• Increase the number of dice in the game to 4+ to learn more complicated addition skills.
• Learn multiplication by taking the sum of the first two dice and multiplying it by the third.

from:

http://www.granby.k12.ct.us/uploaded/faculty/wyzika//Dice_and_Card_Games_to_Practice_Math_Facts.pdf