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Both players start with zero points and take turns to throw the dice as many times as they like adding the total at each throw to their score.
Suppose you throw a double one. On the next throw, is your chance of throwing a double one the same, more likely or less […]
This is a game for two players (or a class split into two teams).
Take it in turns to choose one of the numbers 1 to 9. It is now your number and your opponent cannot choose it. Each number can be chosen only once.
To win, be the first to pick 3 numbers that […]
Start with the easiest version on a 25 square board each player having 12 men (coloured counters). Then graduate to boards with 49 or 81 squares and 24 or 40 men each. Either 25 or 49 squares can be used on the board shown. Aim to set traps to capture your opponent’s pieces and to […]
Two players (X and O) play 9 simultaneous games of Tic Tac Toe on a 9 by 9 mega-board taking turns to put their mark on one of the 81 squares. X starts. The position chosen by a player on the 3 by 3 mini-board forces the next player to play on […]
Put 11 cards numbered 2 to 12 into a bag. Each player then draws a card giving them a horse. If there are fewer than 11 players, they can draw more than one horse. To assign the last few horses, players throw a die and, if they throw a six, they draw another […]
SQUARE GAME. All players have 4 counters and put one anywhere on the top row of the gameboard. Players throw the die in turn, using the Square Game key-table to find out where to go next, then move their counter on the top row, and record their first visit […]
At the start, the game pieces (or counters) are arranged as shown. In turn, the players throw the 4 sticks to determine the number of houses to move, the piece on house 10 moves first, they move through the squares, (called houses) in the order shown by the numbers and, if they […]
There are 36 cards with a picture on one side and a description on the back. Shuffle the cards. The first player takes the top card and, taking care to avoid showing either side of the card to the other players, describes the image giving clear instructions for the other players to […]
Choose one of the 7 Pelmathism Games, they are all played to the same rules. The cards illustrate numbers and show them written as fractions, decimals and percentages. Each number occurs twice in the pack of 36 cards in 2 of the possible representations.
Shuffle the cards and place them face down […]
The Checkit Game is suitable for all ages because you can choose the type of numbers and the operation that you will use.
You can play this game with different sets of numbers like whole numbers or integers, fractions or decimals and with (1) addition and subtraction or with (2) multiplication and […]
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