1. Games Workshop

2. A quick warm up: Add and add
Roll the dice, continuously adding the numbers together.
Now start at 100 and continuously subtract the numbers that you roll.

3. Games with… No resources at all Dice Digit cards Playing Cards
Calculators

4. Games with no resources at all
Fishy, fishy fingers
Hand multiplication
Top and bottom
Noughts and crosses

5. Fishy, fishy fingers
Say ‘fishy, fishy fingers’ together and then hold up some fingers on one hand
The first person to say the total of the fingers scores a point
First to 10 points wins
Alternatives: Play with one hand each; two hands each; more than 2 people; extend to adding and subtracting; multiples of 10, 100 etc

6. Hand multiplication Put both hands behind your back.
Count to three and hold up some fingers on one hand.
Multiply the two numbers.
First to answer correctly gets the point.
First to 10 points.
Alternatives: Play with only one hand; Play with two hands; One person is odd and one even; Point goes to odd/even; Play with more than two people; With three people – multiply two and then add/subtract the third etc

7. Top and Bottom To start:
Each player writes down these two rows of digits:
Each player makes a 2-digit number by selecting and crossing off one number from each row (without your partner seeing).
Players compare their 2-digit numbers. The smaller number is subtracted from the larger. The difference is scored by the player who made the largest number.
Continue until all digits have been used.
Highest total wins.

8. Noughts and Crosses
Play with normal rules; play with odd and even numbers (set a boundary e.g )

9. Games with dice Chancy dice Target 10 Remainders Jumping divisions
Make 1

10. Chancy Dice First player rolls all 5 dice.
Take out any 2s and 5s (these then stay out for the whole turn).
Add up the total.
Throw the remaining dice.
Take out any 2s and 5s.
Keep a running total.
Keep going until you have no dice left to roll. Remember your total.
Then it is your partner’s turn.
Take turns. First person to reach 50/100 wins.
Alternatives:
Rule 1
If you throw a 2 or a 5 you must take out these dice.
Rule 2
If your throw two 6s you lose your score for that turn and your turn ends.
Rule 3
If you throw three 6s you lose all your score so far and your turn ends.
Alternatives: Chn can keep a running total on a whiteboard to help them; First to 20/50 etc.

11. Target 10 Start with 0. Roll the die.
Choose to add or subtract the number.
First player to make exactly 10 wins.
Potential to work with negative numbers too.

12. Remainders
Take two cards from the pile of 0-9 digit cards. Make a 2-digit number.
Roll the dice.
Divide the two digit number by the number on the dice.
The remainder is your score.
First player to reach 20 wins.
Example:
If you pick cards 2 and 7, then you can make either 27 or 72.
If you roll the dice and score a 6, the calculation would be either 27 ÷ 6 or 72 ÷ 6.
Calculate the remainder (3 or 0). This is your score.
You need: Dice and digit cards 0-9.
Alternatives: First to reach 20/50/100 etc; Play for 5 minutes – player with lowest/highest score wins.

13. Jumping Divisions Place your counters at the start of the track.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Place your counters at the start of the track.
Take turns to throw the dice and move your counter along the line to the next number which is a multiple of the number thrown.
For example:
If you are on position 16 and you roll a 5, then you would move forward to position 20.
You need counters for this game. Alternatives: Use dice with different numbers on - Make alternative tracks as appropriate.

14. Make 1
Roll 2 dice.
Use the two numbers to make a fraction less than 1.
For example, with a 5 and 3 you would have to make 3/5, because 5/3 is greater than 1.
If you get two numbers the same then roll again.
Write down your fraction.
The first player to be able to make exactly 1 using any of the fractions they have written down is the winner for that game.
Play the game 5 times - best of 5 wins.
Alternatives: You can play this without the focus on fractions. Throw two dice and add together. The first player who is able to make exactly 10/20 etc with any of the numbers they have written down wins.

15. Games with digit cards
Ladder game
Inbetweenies
Name the target

16. Ladder Game ( 0-20) Each player draws the ladder (or prepare some).
Shuffle 0-20 number cards and place face down.
Players take it in turns to turn over a card.
Players choose where to place their number on their ladder.
Numbers must be placed in order from smallest to largest.
If you can’t place one, put it in the bin.
Keep taking it in turns.
The winner is the player who completes their ladder first (with the numbers in order).

17. Inbetweenies (cards 0 -20)
Shuffle the cards and place in a pile face down.
Player A turns over 3 cards and puts them in order
Player B turns over a card – if it can be placed between any of player A’s cards they score a point.
Swap turns.
First to 5 points wins.

18. Name that target (0-9)
Chose a target number with 1 dp between 1 and 9.
Turn over 2 cards and make a number with 1 decimal place as close to the target as possible.
Score the difference between the number and the target.
After 5 goes each, player with the largest total loses.
Alternatives: Choose a number between 10 and 99 – make a 2-digit number with the number cards and score the difference between.

19. 5 games with playing cards
Addition race
Card race
Three for luck

20. Addition race
Deal out ten cards.
Race to find the total.

21. Card race Place 1 card face up in the middle.
Deal 4 cards to each player.
Each player must use at least two of their cards to make the number on the card in the middle (e.g. by adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing or a mixture)
The first player to do so wins the card in the middle.
If neither player can, the closest answer wins.
The first player to collect 5 cards is the winner.

22. Three for luck Deal 3 cards each.
Add or multiply these numbers in any order to give the highest score possible.
Take 6 turns each.
Highest score wins.
Alternatives: Aim for a target e.g Players may use any operation to score as close to the target as possible after 6 goes.

23. Games/activities with a calculator
Making 20
Give and take
Steps to zero
Bull’s eye

24. Making 20 Give children challenges such as:
Can you make 20 using only 5 keys? How many different ways can you find?
What is the largest number you can make using only 4 keys?
What is the smallest number you can make using 6 keys but only even numbers.
Ask chn to set the challenges themselves.

25. Give and take
Both players enter a 6-digit number into their calculator and show each other.
Players take turns to ‘give and take’ parts of each other’s number.
e.g. ‘Player A says “Please give me your 5.”
Player A works out the value of the 5 e.g. 500.
Player A adds this to their number.
Player B takes their turn.
Give chn a target such as: make the largest number, make the smallest number, make an even number, make a number with only 3 different digits in etc.
Chn can start with a smaller number.

26. Steps to zero. Players agree on a number <100.
The aim is the reach zero safely in ‘same size’ steps.
Each player chooses the size of the step they will use e.g. 5.
Repeatedly subtract that number until they reach zero.
If they go past zero they must start again with a different size step.

27. Bull’s eye Choose a starting number and a target number.
Find out what you must multiply the starting number by to reach (or get as close as possible to) the target number.
First to find out scores a point.
Both players check that the answer is correct.