What will this game will achieve?
This activity with develop your child's addition and/or subtraction
skills. It will allow them the opportunity to practise
their mental maths.
You will
need:
How do you play?
Activity
1
Each
player chooses their ping-pong balls: squiggles or spots.
Each
player throws 2 balls into the tray and totals their score.
- 5 + 7 = 12.
Player
keep totalling their score.
The
winner is the first player to reach 50.
Activity 2
Each
player chooses their ping-pong balls: squiggles or spots.
Each
player begins with a score of 100.
Players
throw 2 balls into tray - total the score, then subtract it
from 100.
The
winner is the first player to reach 0 by subtracting their
scores.
Keywords
subtract
minus
total
sum of
altogether
add
plus
Questions
to ask:
How
did you get that answer?
Do you know a quicker way to do that?
Will you need to write that down to work it out?
What is your total score now?
