Game Modifications
From Math Workshop
5
th
Grade
Multiple Bingo (Picturing Polygo ns):
Ideas to Simplify
Use only top half of the gam e card
Have them only get 4 in a row
Create and use lists of multiples
Use a multiplication table
Have 300 chart s available
Include mo re cards with 2, 5, etc. (easy to find multiples)
Use divisibility rules:
Multiples of 2 end in 2,4,6,8,0
Multiples of 3 have dig its when added together are multiples of three: 24 (2+4=6) 6 is a
multiple of 3 so 24 is too.
ETC.
Ideas to Challenge
Use only the bottom half of the game card
Take out the lower number card s (easy multiples like 1,2, 5,10)
Must have six in a row
Allow on ly ten seconds per card to find multiple
Play with a partner, use one boar d, and try to block each other
Use a 300 chart as a game board
Turn over two cards at a time and find a multip le of both numbers
( This would work best usin g a 300 chart for a game board)
The Factor Game (CMP):
Ideas to Simplify
Design a game board that has doubles of common factors and no prime numbers
Work with a partner not against each other to draw a card and together find the factors
Ideas to Challenge
Play using a 100 or 300 ch art as a game board
Com puter play allows players to select level of challenge
Have students create their own factor game board to play with a partner
Roll Around the Clock (Name that Portion)
Ideas to simplify
Use the smaller fraction dice only
Begin with simple fractions or make dice with only twelfths or only fourth s, or thirds etc.
Ideas to Challenge
Write out the fractional ex pression
Race to the first to 24 hours
Start and end with other than the exact hour: End on 7/12 or 1/3 etc.
Eliminate twelfths
After series of rounds, compare NET scores to determine winner
Attach percentages to rounds
Include subtracting of fractions