Math Game Monday: Wild & Crazy Eights

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“Wild & Crazy Eights” is free on this website for one week only. It’s an excerpt from Counting & Number Bonds: Math Games for Early Learners, available as an ebook at my bookstore (Thank you for cutting out the middleman!) and in ebook or paperback through many online retailers. Read more about my playful math books here.

Update: In honor of the way-too-busy holiday season, this family-favorite game will remain live on my blog until January. It’s a great way to introduce your extended family to the fun of playing with math!

Many parents remember struggling to learn math. We hope to provide a better experience for our children. And one of the best ways for children to enjoy learning is through hands-on play.

The whole family can enjoy playing with numbers in this childhood classic math game. The more, the merrier!

Wild & Crazy Eights

Math Concepts: identifying and matching card attributes, wild cards, thinking ahead.

Players: two or more. More is better.

Equipment: one complete deck of cards (including face cards), or a double deck for four or more players.

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Math Game Monday: Galactic Conquest

Posted on by Denise Gaskins

“Galactic Conquest” is free on this website for one week only. It’s an excerpt from Multiplication & Fractions: Math Games for Tough Topics, available as an ebook at my bookstore (Thank you for cutting out the middleman!) and in ebook or paperback through many online retailers. Read more about my playful math books here.

Update: Because of the American holiday season, this family-favorite game will remain live on my blog for two weeks. It’s a great way to introduce your extended family to the fun of playing with math!

Many parents remember struggling to learn math. We hope to provide a better experience for our children. And one of the best ways for children to enjoy learning is through hands-on play.

This game gives students plenty of practice with multiplication facts as they strive to expand their territory and block their opponent.

Galactic Conquest

Math Concepts: multiplication math facts, rectangular area.

Players: two to four.

Equipment: game board or graph paper (1 cm squares for two players, or 1/4 inch squares for more), two six-sided dice, colored markers.

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Math Game Monday: Dollar Nim

Posted on by Denise Gaskins

“Dollar Nim” is free on this website for one week only. It’s an excerpt from Math You Can Play Combo: Number Games for Young Learners, available as an ebook at my bookstore (Thank you for cutting out the middleman!) and in ebook or paperback through many online retailers. Read more about my playful math books here.

Many parents remember struggling to learn math. We hope to provide a better experience for our children.

And one of the best ways for children to enjoy learning is through hands-on play.

This game encourages children to think strategically as they add coin values.

Dollar Nim

Math Concepts: subtraction within one hundred, value of coins, thinking ahead.

Players: best for two.

Equipment: none.

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Math Game Monday: Four in a Row

Posted on by Denise Gaskins

“Four in a Row” is free on this website for one week only. It’s an excerpt from Prealgebra & Geometry: Math Games for Middle School, available as an ebook at my bookstore (Thank you for cutting out the middleman!) and in ebook or paperback through many online retailers. Read more about my playful math books here.

Many parents remember struggling to learn math. We hope to provide a better experience for our children.

And one of the best ways for children to enjoy learning is through hands-on play.

This game gives students plenty of practice multiplying and dividing integers or algebraic expressions as they try to complete their own line or block their opponents.

Four in a Row

Math Concepts: integer multiplication, factors, multiples, algebraic multiplication.

Players: two players or two teams.

Equipment: printed or homemade gameboard, colored markers or a set of matching tokens for each player, two paperclips or other small tokens to mark the factors.

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Math Game Monday: Sam Vandervelde’s Criss-Cross

Posted on by Denise Gaskins

“Sam Vandervelde’s Criss-Cross” is free on this website for one week only. It’s an excerpt from 312 Things To Do with a Math Journal, available as an ebook at my bookstore (Thank you for cutting out the middleman!) and in ebook or paperback through many online retailers. Read more about my playful math books here.

Many parents remember struggling to learn math. We hope to provide a better experience for our children.

And one of the best ways for children to enjoy learning is through hands-on play.

This game offers students a chance to practice mathematical reasoning (and possibly notice a connection to the Euler characteristic).

Sam Vandervelde’s Criss-Cross

Math Concepts: topology, strategy.

Players: only two.

Equipment: pencils and blank paper.

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Math Game Monday: Collect Ten

Posted on by Denise Gaskins

This preschool game builds counting and subitizing skills. (Subitizing means recognizing at a glance how many objects are in a group.)

“Collect Ten” is an excerpt from Counting & Number Bonds: Math Games for Early Learners, available as an ebook at my bookstore (Thank you for cutting out the middleman!) and in ebook or paperback through many online retailers. Read more about my playful math books here.

The Math Game Monday posts will be available for one week only. If you missed this one, explore the Topic Tag links in the sidebar. There are more than forty free games scattered around the blog. Have fun playing math with your kids!

Math Game Monday: Ultimate Multiple-Tac-Toe

Posted on by Denise Gaskins

This game gives players lots of practice with their multiplication facts while strategically blocking their opponents.

“Ultimate Multiple-Tac-Toe” is free on this website for one week only. It’s an excerpt from Multiplication & Fractions: Math Games for Tough Topics, available as an ebook at my bookstore (Thank you for cutting out the middleman!) and in ebook or paperback through many online retailers. Read more about my playful math books here.

The Math Game Monday posts will be available for one week only. If you missed this one, explore the Topic Tag links in the sidebar. There are more than forty free games scattered around the blog. Have fun playing math with your kids!

Math Game Monday: Two-Digit Number Train

Posted on by Denise Gaskins

This game makes players think about place value and probability as they race to complete their number train.

“Two-Digit Number Train” is an excerpt from Math You Can Play Combo: Number Games for Young Learners, available as an ebook at my bookstore (Thank you for cutting out the middleman!) and in ebook or paperback through many online retailers. Read more about my playful math books here.

The Math Game Monday posts will be available for one week only. If you missed this one, explore the Topic Tag links in the sidebar. There are more than forty free games scattered around the blog. Have fun playing math with your kids!

Math Game Monday: Operations

Posted on by Denise Gaskins

This game offers students in upper-elementary and beyond plenty of practice with mental math and the order of operations.

“Operations” is an excerpt from Prealgebra & Geometry: Math Games for Middle School, available as an ebook at my bookstore (Thank you for cutting out the middleman!) and in ebook or paperback through many online retailers. Read more about my playful math books here.

The Math Game Monday posts will be available for one week only. If you missed this one, explore the Topic Tag links in the sidebar. There are more than forty free games scattered around the blog. Have fun playing math with your kids!

Math Game Monday: Forty-Niners

Posted on by Denise Gaskins

This game pushes players to risk everything in a gold-rush of addition practice.

“Forty-Niners” is an excerpt from Addition & Subtraction: Math Games for Elementary Students, available as an ebook at my bookstore (Thank you for cutting out the middleman!) and in ebook or paperback through many online retailers. Read more about my playful math books here.

The Math Game Monday posts will be available for one week only. If you missed this one, explore the Topic Tag links in the sidebar. There are more than forty free games scattered around the blog. Have fun playing math with your kids!