101.. How close can you get?

To play you will need a sheet of paper, a pencil, and one dice. The object of the game is to score as close to 101 without going over or “out.”

To play, players take turns rolling the dice. As they roll, they can either take the number as a one or a ten. For example, if a 5 is rolled, they could take it as a 5 or a 50. How close can you get to 101? 

 
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Would you rather…

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Mystery Number Draw

Number Draw: Students can do this activity for sums, differences, products

Partners put hands behind their back and each make a number on their fingers (1-10).  Decide if you want to determine the sum, difference or product.

On the count of three, partners their numbers and the first person to the say the answer wins the round.

For example:  I have 7 on my fingers and you have 8 on your fingers.  We decided we were going to yell out the product so when we show our fingers the first person to say 7×8 = ___? is the winner of that round.

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Fraction Flip It

Fraction Flip It card game:

Deck of playing cards, Fraction Flip It game sheet for each player, paper and pencil for each player, directions

From: Learn with Math Games.com 

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Would you rather…

Why did you choose that option and would everyone in your family choose the same option?

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What are the coins?

What you’ll need: Some coins

 Ask the following questions:

  1. I have three coins in my pocket. They are worth 7 cents. What do I have? (a nickel and 2 pennies)
  2. I have three coins in my pocket. They are worth 16 cents. What do I have? (a dime, a nickel, a penny)
  3. I have three coins in my pocket. They are worth 11 cents. What do I have? (2 nickels and 1 penny)
  4. I have three coins in my pockets. They are worth 30 cents. What do I have? (3 dimes)
  5. I have six coins in my pocket. They are worth 30 cents. What could I have? (1 quarter and 5 pennies or 6 nickels). This problem has more than one answer. It is challenging for children to experience problems like this.
  6. I have coins in my pocket, which have a value of 11 cents. How many coins could I have?

You get the idea! Make up your own problems – have fun!

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Totaling Ten

Play this math card game alone or as a team. Lay out 20 cards on the table (leave out face cards or change them to equal 0, while aces equal 1). Take turns removing sets of cards that add up to 10, ultimately trying to remove all the cards from the table. https://www.weareteachers.com/math-card-games/ Math Card Games The First Grader Roundup

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Puzzle

The picture or diagram that goes with your problem.

 

Above are shown three coins, each with one gold side and one silver side. Is it possible to successively flip over pairs of adjacent coins so that all 3 coins are gold side up?

 Daily puzzlers on Brillant.org

 

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Multiplication Fact Toss

Materials:10 paper/plastic cups, 2 items to toss (ping pong balls, bouncy balls, coins, etc.)

Write a number 1 – 10 at the bottom of each cup.  One number for each cup and only use a number once.  Set up the cups like bowling pins.  Toss the two items in the cups.  Multiply the two numbers to find the product. See how many you can do correctly.

If you are playing with someone else, you can keep score.  If the product is even, you get 10 points, if the product is odd you get 5 points.  The person with the most points when you decide to stop is the winner.

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Hopscotch Math

Use chalk to make a hopscotch board and write addition, subtraction, multiplication or division facts in each square to say as you hop down the board.  If you just write the numbers (1,2,3,…) in the boxes, you choose a different to add, subtract or multiply.  If you chose multiply by 3… you land on the box with a 4, multiply 3×4.  You land on the box with a 7, then multiply 3×7.  
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