Off the Grid {Addition & Subtraction Game}

Welcome to Day 9 of 10 Days of Math Games & Activities! While tomorrow is the last day of the series, I will continue sharing lots of fun, hands-on math games and activities to utilize with your children or students throughout the coming weeks! But, today’s game, Off the Grid, provides a fun way to reinforce and practice basic addition and subtraction skills.

Materials Needed:

1) Two labeled dice. One die labeled with three addition symbols and three subtraction symbols. The other die labeled with 1, 2, 3, 10, 20 & 30 OR any other #s you would like to use. (We prefer to use either our Education Cubes or our Write-On Wipe-Off Dice)

2) Counters (We prefer to use our magnetic cookie sheet & puff ball magnets)

3) The Off the Grid game board grid included in the download

Prepare: Print one game board which is included in the download. Laminate or slide into a page protector for durability.

Play: Each player begins by placing their counter on a number on the board between 40 and 70. Each player takes turns rolling both of the dice/cubes and moving along the board as indicated by what is rolled. The winner is the first person to get “off the grid” (i.e. the first person to get off the board by rolling something that takes them beyond 0 or 100).

The Game in Action with 3 Players: Each play chooses a counter and a starting number. Player Red selects 51. Player Green selects 36. Player Yellow selects 55.

Player Red rolls + 10 and moves from 51 up to 61.

Player Green rolls – 3 and moves from 36 back to 33.

Next Player Yellow will roll and move. Players continue to take turns rolling and moving along the game board until one player goes “off the grid!”

Download Off the Grid Addition & Subtraction Game

This post is part of the 10 Days of…Series hosted by the iHomeschool Network!

Day 1: Making Equations {Addition & Subtraction} Math Game

Day 2: Number Line Addition & Subtraction Math Game

Day 3: Guess the Coins Math Game

Day 4: Roll Hundreds & Roll Thousands {Place Value Math Game}

Day 5: Living Math Books: Reading as a Math Activity

Day 6: Circle Subtraction Math Game

Day 7: Grid Multiplication Math Game

Day 8: Making it Whole {Fractions Game}

Day 9: Off the Grid {Addition & Subtraction Game}

Day 10: Math Games {Family Game Night}

Be sure to head over and check out the 28 other awesome bloggers participating in the 10 Days Series! Yep, that’s a total of almost 300 amazing blog posts chalk full of great information!

 

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