Featured Game:   Contig

In the Contig Game students toss three dice.   They use those three numbers and any operations to form a number on the game mat.   Players earn an extra point for each covered number the new number touches, so students quickly learn to search for the best move that will yield the maximum possible points.   The instructional benefit of the game is that students try many different combinations in search of that best move.

• Download the Contig Game gameboard and rules
• The online lesson plan for The Game of Contig: Fun with Math Facts offers variations of the standard Contig gameboard available to download.

Number Sense Games

These games provide mixed practice in all operations as students try several different combinations in search of the winning move.   Because players have the opportunity to score extra points, they are highly motivated to mentally calculate many options in search of the move that yields the most points.

• Online directions for the Everyday Math game Name That Number
• Play the Everyday Math game Name That Number Game online.
• Download Contig Game which requires students to use any operations and the numbers generated by tossing three dice to form a number on the game mat.   Players earn an extra point for each covered number the new number touches, prompting students to try several number combinations in search of the best move.
• The online lesson plan for The Game of Contig: Fun with Math Facts offers variations of the standard Contig gameboard available to download.
• Download Tribulation Game requires students to find three numbers in a row on the game mat (horizontally, vertically or diagonally) that can be used to form the target number.
• See Number Sense Activities for a discussion of the Climb the Ladder game and ways to differentiate practice for students of varied abilities.
• See More Number Sense Activities for a discussion of Contig, 24 Game and Tribulation games in more depth.