Summary
A game where students use the four operations to create number sentences and be the first to flip over all of their cards.
Curriculum content
- Fluent recall of addition and subtraction facts to 10
- Multiply and divide within 10
Materials
Card sets
- 1 set of Mathletics number cards 1 to 10
1-10
![Flip it Flip it](/assets/images/games/content/Flip-it1.jpg)
Concrete
- 2 dice
- Paper and pencils or whiteboards for recording
How to play
Set up
- Arrange all students in pairs or small groups.
- Provide each group with Mathletics number cards 1 to 10 and materials for recording.
- Each group arranges their number cards face up in a line.
Rules
- The teacher rolls 2 dice and displays the numbers so all groups can see.
- Groups work together to create a number sentence using the 2 dice numbers to make one of the target card numbers (1 to 10).
- Groups record their number sentence.
- Groups flip over the Mathletics number card that has been created with the number sentence.
- Continue rolling the dice and recording the number sentences until a group has managed to flip over all of their number cards.
- If a group is unable to make a number sentence to match one of their remaining target numbers, they wait for the next dice roll.
- The winning group reads out their number sentences to check that they have managed to make all 10 numbers correctly.
Variations
CHANGE it down
- Allow only addition and subtraction operations.
CHANGE it up
- Use Mathletics cards up to 20.
- Roll 3 dice.
What to look for
- Are students able to fluently recall facts within 10?
- Are students able to use any multiplication or division?
- Are students able to predict which numbers need to be rolled in order to win?