Featured Game:   Face Off!

Students place markers on the numbers 2-12.   Students toss two 6-sided dice, find the sum and remove a marker from that number, if there is still one.   The first player to remove all markers wins the game.   This game can be used as addition practice or as an introduction to the probability of the different outcomes of rolling two dice.   This game was developed by a Monmouth University student for the Probability Fair.

• Download the Face Off! Game directions, center icons and gameboards for both the one-die and two-dice versions of the game.
• Data Collection:   Post a frequency table and have students record the last number they needed to win the game.   After students have played several rounds, analyze the data to see if each number seems to have an equal chance of being the winning number.

Addition & Subtraction Games

These games help students acquire proficiency in addition and subtraction facts.   These highly motivation activities require that students add or subtract the numbers generated by cards or dice to play the game.

• Online directions for the Everyday Math game Addition Top-It
• Online directions for the Everyday Math game Addition Bingo
• Online directions for the Everyday Math game Subtraction Pole Vault
• Download Face Off! Game.   Students place markers on the numbers 2-12.   Students toss two 6-sided dice, find the sum and remove a marker from that number, if there is still one.   The first player to remove all markers wins the game.   This game can be used as addition practice or as an introduction to the probability of the different outcomes of rolling two dice.   This game was developed by a Monmouth University student for the Probability Fair.
• Game of More: this Math Solutions game raises the Top-It (or War) game to a new level as students identify which player has more.   That player figures out how many more he/she has and takes that many cubes.   Players create cube trains and record the difference in a chart.   The player with the most cubes after all cards have been played wins the game.
• Game of Tens and Ones:   this Marilyn Burns game challenges students to add or subtract 10 or 1 and move appropriately on a hundred board.