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Pairing Decimals To Make 10

Skill:
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Practice with number bonds up to one decimal place Working together Problem solving

Number of players: Class Activity Object of the game: Be the first player to correctly complete the game card. Supplies: Copies of the game cards. Preparation:
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Print off game cards. Cut out each of the cards so you have a total of 32 cards. Mix the cards up.

To Play:
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Hand a card out to every player. After each player gets a card, announce to the group they are to begin searching for the person holding the card that when added to their card will make 10. The players cannot show or say out loud to the group the decimal number that is on their card. Each player must go around to one player at a time and find the person holding the card that will make 10 with their card. To do this they should go to each of the players in any order they choose and simply ask "Have you got_____?" The matched decimal pairs will be on two different color cards if you have a color printer. This may help players find the right match faster. When they find the person that has the decimal number that makes 10 with their card, they sit down together in a designated area of the room. The first players to find their match are the "first place" winners. Play continues until everyone has found their match. You can keep track of 1st, 2nd, 3rd place, and so on, all the way to the last match. Players usually don't want to be the last pair so it gets kind of exciting down the stretch to see who can find their match before the last pair.

http://www.learn-with-math-games.com/learning-decimals.html Kent C. Albite 1

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Rollin' with the Facts - Multiplication

Skill: Multiplication facts through 12 x 12 Number of players: 2-4 Object of the game: Be the first player to flip over all of his answer cards Supplies:
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Number cards 2 pairs of dice, with different colors

Preparation: Print the number cards and cut apart To Play: 1. Shuffle all the number cards and pass them out so that each player has the same number of cards. Players place the cards face up in front of them. 2. Players roll the 4 dice to decide who goes first. The player with the lowest total starts. 3. The first player rolls all 4 dice. He adds dice with the same color together to obtain factors. Then he multiplies the two factors. 4. He writes the factors, a multiplication fact, and the answer on his paper. He reads this equation to the other players. If they agree with his answer, the player looks at the cards in front of him. If he has the 63, he flips it over. Then he rolls again. All players get two rolls on each turn, whether or not they flip a card. 5. If at any time someone disagrees with the players answer, she may challenge the answer. She checks it with the calculator. If challenger is right, the players turn is over, and the challenger wins an extra turn. 6. Players continue to take turns rolling the dice, adding to find the factors, and multiplying the factors to find the products, and writing the math sentence. 7. If a player has 3 turns in a row without a flip, he has the option of a free flip. He chooses any unturned card and writes a multiplication sentence on his paper that uses the number as a product. For example, if he wants to flip the number 132, he writes on his paper 11 x 12 = 132 and reads this to the other players. A player may not roll on a free flip turn. 8. Play continues until one player has flipped over all of his cards. He is the winner of the game.

http://www.learn-with-math-games.com/learning-decimals.html

Kent C. Albite

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3 Digit subtraction

Skill: Subtracting 2, 3, and 4 digit numbers Number of Players: 2 Materials:

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regular deck of playing cards 2 pencils paper for each player calculator

Playing the Game: 1. Shuffle the index cards and stack them face down in middle of players. 2. Both players draw 6 cards from the top of the deck. After drawing the cards, each player arranges their cards to make a 3-digit subtraction problem. The object of the game is to be the player to make the smallest difference from their subtraction problem. (So the top number must be smaller than the bottom number.) 3. After each player arranges their on the table, both players will then write the subtraction problem that their cards show on their paper and perform the subtraction. 4. Players will then trade papers to check each others work. The player with the smallest difference (answer) scores one point. If a player gets a subtraction wrong 1 point is deducted from their total. 5. Each player takes 6 more cards and play continues. The first player to score 10 points is the winner!

http://www.learn-with-math-games.com/learning-decimals.html Kent C. Albite 3

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Triangle Trouble

Everyone knows, Triangle's a bully, Beats down the squares, Completely and fully... Pains the polygons, 'Til they say please... Laughs at them loudly, A 3-sided tease... Why's he so mean? This is my theory, He wants a new side, And that makes him weary... Most poly's possess, More than 3 sides, Tri's left out, Not 'one of the guys,' He'd like to obtain, Side number 4, But as he found out, It's hard to get more! Quadrilaterals, 4 sides! Octagons 8! Pentagons 5! He feels so 3rd rate! He's insecure, It's always a bug, So triangle wakes up, And acts like a thug! But maybe one day, That 3-sided shape, Will accept what he is, And feel really great!

http://mathstory.com/Poems/triangletrouble.aspx Kent C. Albite 4

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My Dog Multiplication
Late last year, During winter vacation, Dad got us our dog, Multiplication... Multiplication's a good dog, But he's not without trouble, Because one day I woke up, And saw that he'd doubled... Two dogs were there, They looked like him, 2 X 1, I had a big grin... Two dogs were cool, But what about more? The next day I woke up, And saw there were 4!!!! 4 dogs were a lot, But the fun was still great, Until the next morning, When I saw there were 8!! Eight dogs for walking, Was one of my fears, That's 32 legs, 16 dog ears!!! But 8 dogs were only, A small complication, Compared to, 16 X, My dog, Multiplication!!! That's 64 paws, And 16 long tails, 32 eyes, 256 toe nails!!! Having so many dogs, Has been a wild-fun ride, But it's time Multiplication, Learns to divide!!!!

Kent C. Albite