Math Games in a Bag
The Best Way to Help Your Child Master Math Concepts at Home A growing number of children no longer memorize their addition facts or multiplication tables. With the math curriculum as broad as it is, […]
classroom math games
Reviewing Math Skills with “Math Race”
Download this game here and file it away for later FREE Before a major test, it’s important for students to review the concepts they’ve been working on for weeks. The work they’ve put into classwork, […]
Different Ways to Pay 25 cents {Mental Math Activity}
Bring in a huge jar of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. Have the students work at one large table or break them up in groups with four participants in each group. Each student in a group will be in charge of one of the types of coins.
The goal is to have the students come up with different groupings of these coins to add up to 25¢.
10 more, 10 less, 100 more, 100 less
As adults we forget that just quickly finding the answer for 10 more or 10 less than a specific number can be a feat of mental gymnastics for children. For your first or second grade class this is a great way to get their mental juices going.
Input and Output {Classroom Math Game}
Start with a number you pick and write on the board. Then come up with a rule in your head and write the result on the board.
Now leave it to students to figure out what operation you performed to come up with your result.
You can adjust this mental math activity based on the level of your students.
I’m Thinking of a Number
Choose a number between 1-100 but don’t tell your class what the number is. Now they must ask you questions to determine what the number is. But here is the catch…if they ask you a […]
Happy Waitress, Mad Waitress – Tipping a Waitress With Mental Math
Split your classroom up into teams. Each team will have a restaurant patron and a waitress (or waiter). Give each team a slip showing what they had for dinner and the sum of what they owe. Make these different slips for every team.