Skill: Any | No. of Players: 4+ | Set-up: Quick This game uses speed, but not in the traditional competitive way. As a group, students are trying to complete the challenge of going through all the cards to beat their own record time. Materials: "I Have, Who Has" Timer How to Play: Give each student a card and save one for yourself. When everyone has had a moment to look at their card (and solve, if necessary, ~ 5 minutes). Begin with the card that says "start". Students will

Skill: Division | No. of Players: 2-4 | Set-up: Average -Lengthy Who doesn't want pizza?! Students take pieces of pizza according to the quotients they make from dividing a specific number by a number on a spinner. The game ends when there are no more pizza pieces to take. Materials: I Want Pizza resource sheets , Before you play cut out the pizzas on page 1 so students can take slices they do their division problems. Paperclip & pencil to spin (or a clear spinner overlay) Ho

Skill: Any | No. of Players: 2+ | Set-up: Average-Lengthy This game is based on the popular TV show, Jeopardy. It can be tailored to any math topic, the best time to use this game is when you want to review concepts before a test. Rather than split students on teams, encourage to get a "high score", make sure to give ample time for all students to solve each problem. Materials: Projector Jeopardy board ( https://jeopardylabs.com/  has a ton of great premade boards or you can

Skill: Any | No. of Players: 2+ | Set-up: Quick-Average Another math take on a classic game that can be used in any skill. Instead of having students should BINGO! Have students stand up to visually keep track of who was first. Materials: Bingo board (Can create bingo boards at https://myfreebingocards.com/  or search through the premade cards) Markers/counters to cover numbers How to Play: Teacher calls out math problems for students to solve If the problem is on the bingo b

Skill: Multiplication | No. of players: 2-4 | Set-up: Quick This game is a take on the game where you “capture” the square after completing lines between 2 dots. It has been a favorite of mine to play with students before breaks (rather than start a new topic) and during testing periods (to provide a less intense, but still productive time). Due to copyright permissions, I am unable to provide the link as a download, but I can send you to the source. To get the resource:  T

Skill: Multiplication | No. of Players: 2 | Set-up: Quick This game is like the card game “War.” Students flip over cards to use as factors to find the higher product to obtain the cards.  Materials Deck of cards (take out the face cards) How to play: Shuffle the cards and split the deck in half.  Both players flip over two cards and multiply them. The player with the highest product gets all cards that round. In the case of a tie, a new round is played and the player with th

Skill: Multiplication | No. of Players: 2 | Set-up: Quick | Grade: 4 Students take turns rolling dice to create products. Students keep a running record of rolls and add together past products, the first students to 100 wins! Materials: 2 dice (1-6) per pair Pencil and paper How to Play: Player 1 rolls both dice, multiplies them, and records the product on a piece of paper. Player 2 then does the same turn. On the second round, players repeats the actions of rolling, multiply