Welcome to Day 2 of 10 Days of Math Games & Activities! For the next eight weekdays I will continue sharing lots of fun, hands-on math games and activities to utilize with your children or students! Today’s games, Number Line Addition and Number Line Subtraction are another fun way to reinforce basic addition, subtraction skills, and counting skills.
Materials Needed for Number Line Addition:
1) A die labeled with +1, +2, & +3 each on two sides (We prefer to use either our Education Cubes or our Write-On Wipe-Off Dice)
2) Counters to move along the game board (We sometimes use pieces from our Guidecraft Skyscraper Building Set as colorful counters. Other times we use a our puff ball magnets and a magnetic cookie sheet.)
3) The Number Line Addition game board included in the file (Laminate it for durability. The board is designed so that you can play up to 10. However, you can extend the board to as much as 100 by simply cutting and taping the number lines together.)
How to Play Number Line Addition: Each player puts their counter at the beginning of the number line at 0. The players take turns rolling the die/cube and moving their counter along the number line by the number rolled on the die/cube. If a player lands in the same box as another player, the other player goes back to 0. The first player to land on the last box of the number line wins! However, if the player goes past the end of the number line, they must go back to 0.
Download the Number Line Addition Game
The materials needed and the set up for the Number Line Subtraction Game are the same as that of the Number Line Addition Game. However, the directions for play are slightly different.
How to Play Number Line Subtraction: Each player puts their counter at the end of the number line. The players take turns rolling the die/cube and moving their counter along the number line by moving backwards by the number rolled on the die/cube. If a player lands in the same box as another player, the other player goes back to end of the number line. The first player to land on 0 wins! However, if the player goes past the 0, they must go back to end of the number line.
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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!
