Number Guess Who - 2 player game: Kids choose a number off of a hundred chart. Then, they take turns asking each other clues to figure out their opponent's number.
Clue Examples:
Is it 10 more than _____, 10 less than _____, 1 more than _____, 1 less than _____?
Is the sum of its numbers _____?
Does it have a number in the hundreds place (tens place or ones place)?
Is it even or odd?
Is it half of _____?
Kids cross out numbers on their board, as they get closer to figuring out their opponent's number. The first one to figure out the other player's mystery number wins! (Flash card featured is from Mr. Printables - click here to download a free set!)
Number Battleship - Like Number Guess Who, but kids choose 10 numbers. Each player needs 2 hundred charts (one with his numbers covered and one to mark off his hits and misses). When a player guesses a correct number, his opponent gives him the token that was covering the number. The first player to collect all of his opponent's tokens first (and clear the opponent's board) wins!
Improve number sense by making a number neighborhood by Mango Math! Kids write a number in the center circle. Then, they figure out their number's neighbors! For an added twist, have kids write numbers in different colors to represent different houses. They can even add green grass or a blue community pool if they'd like!
Also, check out "Adding Next Door Neighbors" from BEAM.
1. Prime Number Hunter - Who can find all the prime numbers the fastest?! - Education.com
2. Factors and Multiples - 2 players: 1st player puts a marker on the number 50. Then next player puts a marker on a factor or multiple of 50. Kids continue to take turns finding factors or multiples of the number the previous player put their marker on. The player who fills the board first wins! - Nrich
3. Puzzling! - Cut up a 100 chart into a puzzle!
4. Secret Picture! - Kids answer number sense questions, follow a color key, and figure out the hidden image! Have students make their own for a friend to solve! (see image below)
5. 20+ games using a 100 chart! - Let's Play Math!
Note - You can find printable 100 charts online. The one I used is from Madame Parker's Grade One
After creating ten frame dominoes, I had to make a War version! Print 2 copies of the ten frame cards and 1 copy of the the 1 more, 1 less, and word form cards. Cut the cards out. Then, challenge each other to a game of Ten Frame War! Deal out cards evenly. Each player lays one card down. The player with the greater value card gets to keep his card and take the other player's card. Winner of the game is determined by who has the most cards.
2 player game for a math station. Players take turns pulling a task card from a basket and reading it. They both pull uno playing cards from a face down deck and follow the directions the task card states. They lay their uno cards on the playing mat and build a number. Kids decide where to place each uno card (in the ones, tens, hundreds, or thousands). Next, they write their number on the recording sheet. Then, they determine who won by what the card asked them to build. If it said build the smallest number, the player with the smallest number wins. For the cards that say one more, one less, ten more, ten less, and double, both players win if they answer correctly. When kids are finished playing, they count up their total number of wins for the game. Then, they write their number in a box and their partners in the other box. They use greater than, less than, or equal to symbols and determine who the overall winner of the game is.
Oversized Ten Frame Dominoes, I made these so kids could improve their number sense, understand base ten, and have fun while doing so! Kids twist and turn dominoes, matching numerals to ten frames.
Fun number game from Ellie's Active Maths for a math station! You will need 2 groups of kids and cards labeled 1-100. One group of kids plays the role of the police squad. The other group plays police informants. The numbered cards are the suspects. The police line their numbers up on the floor in order, like a traditional suspect lineup. The police informants choose one number card, write the number down (don't show the cops!), and write clues about it. Clue examples: The suspect is an even number, it has 5 tens, the number is ten more than 48, the sum of its digits is 13, etc. They read their clues to the police. The police record the clues on a scrap of paper. Afterwards, the police hold a private meeting where they eliminate suspects by flipping the cards over. Will they solve the mystery? What number is the prime suspect?
Badge via csp
Number and Operations in Base 10: 10 more, 10 less. Write numbers on a small piece of paper, fold, and mix in a container. Kids pull out a secret number, roll the (ten more, ten less) die, write the equation, and solve!
