Operations Checker

This game provides the students with a real incentive to operate on a set of three numbers randomly thrown with dice, and in so doing, gain even greater number sense. The numbers on the game board have been kept relatively small (none is greater than 15) so that the students can compute all the operations in their heads.
This game, as well as helping to anchor basic facts, reinforces the idea that a number can have many names. For example, one student could place a counter on a 12 square, using the number combination 5, 3, and 4 (that is, 5 + 4 + 3), whereas another could place a counter on one of the other 12 squares, using the number combination 1, 6, and 2 (that is, 6 x 2 x 1).

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A game using operations and practising basic facts