The students also learn factors and prepare for Division. With the multiplication table and find patterns that will help them remember

It gives the students a chance to get familiar Since the numbers on the table repeat (for example, 15 appears twice on the table) the players get to choose which one of them to color based on the squares of the opponents or their colored squares.įun practice and can be played by all the students since they don’t need to The game ends when the first player gets a block or it may continue until there are no four squares connected left.

The players also need to block the opponents from getting four connected tiles by coloring tiles that block their way. The winner is the first player to color four tiles connected in a horizontally, vertically or diagonally. The wild roll gives the players the opportunity to apply more strategic thinking and also to avoid the frustration of rolling numbers that give products that are already colored. Of course, it needs to be a non-colored square. If you are lucky enough to roll the number 1 on both dice then you can basically color any square on the grid, since you get to choose both the numbers to multiply. Which gives you the freedom to choose any number from the table of 9. You can do any number 1-10 or 1-12 (based on the grid you are using ) x 9. If you roll one on one dice you can choose any number from the dice to replace it with. The number one on both dice is special! It is the wild roll that can become any number on the dice. For example, if they roll 3 and 5 3×5=15 they color 15. Then they color the tile with the number of the product on the table using their color pencil. Every time they multiply the numbers they get with the help of the table and find the product. The players choose a color pencil and then take turns rolling the two dice. These dice are being used a lot for the Dungeons and Dragons game so you can find many on Amazon.ĭifferent color for each player.

If you are using the 10×10 grid you need the side 10 dice and if you are using the 12×12 you need the side 12 dice. If you don’t have dice a deck with number playing cards works well too. You can find these on Amazon or any board/card game stores. One fitted on an A4 size paper works well for two players but a bigger one works better for 3 or 4 players.Ģ. A print out of the multiplication table/grid 1×10 or 1×12 will be used as the board.

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