Math Card Game - Cover Up – Choosing and using operations

Thanks to Michael Ymer for this game suitable for students from Year 1 to Year 6.

Children play the game in pairs. A deck of cards with all pictures removed. Game board with the numbers 0 -20 displayed in a grid.

Each child has 7 counters of the same colour. Their partner has a different colour.

Children take it in turns taking two cards at a time from the top of the deck and add or subtract the numbers to make an answer from 0 - 20. One of their seven counters is placed on that number. The objective is to get rid of all counters first. If a student lands on top of number that has their partner’s counter on it they take the place and send the counter back to their partner. Students can have more than one counter of their own on the same number but if their opponent lands on that number all counters are sent back.

Variations....use three cards, use dice instead of cards, allow any operation, simplify the game by using a 0 – 12 board and a cards 1 to 6 or a six sided dice.



NRICH - Teaching Teachers how to Teach Maths

Thanks to Colleen for putting on to NRICH.  NRICH is a brilliant resource that should be in the favourites of every maths teacher developed and has been developed by the university of Cambridge

NRICH is a team of qualified teachers who are also practitioners in RICH mathematical thinking. This unique blend means that NRICH is ideally placed to offer advice and support to both teachers and learners of mathematics.

NRICH has been directly involved in the development of the National Curriculum. This means that we can offer informed guidance and practical advice and help in its implementation.

NRICH aims to:

• Enrich the experience of the mathematics curriculum for all learners
• Offer challenging and engaging activities
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• Show rich mathematics in meaningful contexts
• Work in partnership with teachers, schools and other educational settings

For teachers of mathematics, we:

• Offer you FREE enrichment material (Problems, Articles and Games) at all Key Stages that really can help to inspire and engage learners and embed RICH tasks into everyday practice.
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• Deliver professional development courses and workshops in rich mathematics.
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And for those learning mathematics, we:

• Provide FREE and interesting mathematical games, problems and articles.
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