Social Math Games

Skill: Comparing Fractions | No. of Players: 2 } Set-up: Quick Instead of drawing one card, students draw two cards to build a fraction in this version of war. Students then compare the fractions built with the largest fraction taking all the cards used that round. Materials: Deck of cards (remove jacks, queens, and kings) Record sheet *Optional: Fraction tiles/chart How to play: Split the group of students in pairs and give each a deck of cards. Explain in this game Aces wil

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: 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: Addition/Subtraction | No. of Players: 2-4 | Set-up: Quick Based on the card game, “Go Fish”, this activity has students ask for the sums and differences of various math problems. This game reinforces number relationships by having students solve mental math problems. Students also must stay engaged as they recall who has the specific card they need or if they will have to “Go Fish”.  Materials: Standard deck of cards (with the jacks, kings, and jokers removed) or UNO

Skill: Fractions | No. of Players: 2+ | Set-up: Quick-Average Students learn about fractions by drawing and naming them. The only challenge is that students cannot write numbers or words to accompany their drawing! Materials: Strips of paper with fractions ( or print and cut this page!) Whiteboards & markers OR paper & pencils How to play: Assign students 1 or 2 as you hand out each students a slip of paper with a fraction. Student 1 illustrates the fraction on their slip wi

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: Place Value & Rounding | No. of Players: 2 | Set-up: Quick Students use rounding skills to identify numbers while trying to build a line of four to win. Materials: Game board per pair Different colored writing tool 3 dice (1-6) per pair How to play: Player 1 rolls three dice and use the digits to create a number. Then, player 1 rounds the number to the nearest 10 number and crosses that number out on the game board to "claim" as theirs. Player 2 then takes the same a