Sunday, May 5, 2013

Addition and Subtraction Games

 
 
CCSS: 2.NBT.5 Fluently add and subtract within 100
A fun way for the students to practice adding to 1000 and trading tens for hundreds. The student directions are included.
 

7, 20

Close to 100

Fun Game from E is for Explore.
 
Materials: Uno Numeral Cards (0-9) and Wild cards (at least 4)
(2-3 player game) Shuffle cards and deal out 6 to each player. Players use four of their cards to create two two-digit numbers. For example, a 7 and 6 could be 76 or 67.
Wild Cards can be used as any numeral (0-9).
The goal is to create 2 two-digit numbers that add up to a sum that is close to 100. Once players figure out their sum, they subtract their number from 100 (see example above). The player with the lowest score wins the round! 
For the next round, players put the cards they used in a discard pile and take four different cards. When finished playing, players add up their score for each round: lowest score wins!
Click here for free score cards and full instructions from Williston K-12!

Subtraction Squares



Fun, problem solving game for kids to practice subtraction skills from Learn with Math Games! This activity can be adapted to any age group. Younger kids can work with numbers less than ten. Older kids could work with 3 or 4 digit numerals.

Kids choose 4 numbers (anything they'd like) to write on the vertices of the larger square. Then, they just subtract (corner to corner). They write the differences on the next largest square's corners (where it meets in between on the line) and so on...

The big surprise is their final square! Like magic, all of the corners are the exact same numeral! Inference: See if kids can predict what will be their mystifying number before solving all their squares! Visit Learn with Math for a free template!