Cards or DIY Cards

Array Challenge

Foundation Phase (Gr R-3) & up

Division, Multiplication

Summary

Learners use different resources to practice multiplication by making arrays

Add Five Cards

Foundation Phase (Gr R-3) & up, Intermediate Phase (Gr 4-6) & up

Addition

Summary

Learners practice addition and addition strategies

Maths 24

Intermediate Phase (Gr 4-6) & up

Addition, Division, Multiplication, Subtraction

Summary

Salute: × and ÷

Intermediate Phase (Gr 4-6) & up, Senior Phase (Gr 7-9) & up

Division, Multiplication

Summary

Players in groups of threes use playing cards to practice multiplication and division.

Fraction pictionary

Intermediate Phase (Gr 4-6) & up, Senior Phase (Gr 7-9) & up

Division, Fractions

Summary

Players use playing cards to practice fractions and division skills

More or less

Foundation Phase (Gr R-3) & up

Intro to Numbers

Summary

Learners identify number sequences

2, 4, 8

Intermediate Phase (Gr 4-6) & up

Multiplication

Summary

Players work out multiplication sums using cards and dice, while scoring points.

Array card layout

Foundation Phase (Gr R-3) & up, Intermediate Phase (Gr 4-6) & up

Multiplication

Summary

Learners use counters or cards to build as many different arrays as possible in order to understand multiplication

Make 10 memory

Foundation Phase (Gr R-3) & up

Addition

Summary

A version of memory where players must find cards that add up to 10.

Make 10 (Cards)

Foundation Phase (Gr R-3) & up

Addition

Summary

Learners use playing cards to practice numbers that make up 10. The winner identifies the most pairs.

I have…who has? Doubles and Halves

Foundation Phase (Gr R-3) & up

Division, Multiplication

Summary

Learners identify doubles and halves on the cards they are given.

Close to 100

Intermediate Phase (Gr 4-6) & up

Addition

Summary

Players use a pack of cards to practice addition. In pairs learners deal out six cards each. Uses four cards to make the highest two digit numbers that have the biggest number possible close to 100 when added together.

Card difference: 2-digit

Intermediate Phase (Gr 4-6) & up

Subtraction

Summary

Players use a pack of cards to practice subtraction. In pairs players deal out four cards each. Uses all four cards to make two digit numbers that have the biggest difference possible.

Target cards

Intermediate Phase (Gr 4-6) & up

Place Value

Summary

Players get a deck of cards and share five each in pairs. They try to complete a number of challenges given to them.

Two dice

Foundation Phase (Gr R-3) & up, Intermediate Phase (Gr 4-6) & up

Addition

Summary

Players roll two dices and add the total. In two teams they then try to flip up the dices total.

Nice or nasty

Intermediate Phase (Gr 4-6) & up

Addition, Subtraction

Summary

Players use understanding of place value to compete against their partners to make the largest number using playing cards.

Build a Snake

Foundation Phase (Gr R-3) & up, Intermediate Phase (Gr 4-6) & up

Addition, Subtraction

Summary

Players learn to add or subtract using bottle tops. The learners try to build a snake using bottle tops.

Flip out

Foundation Phase (Gr R-3) & up, Intermediate Phase (Gr 4-6) & up

Addition

Summary

Players use a deck of cards to practice mental sums. The learner flips and adds the cards mentally, the winner is the one who gets the highest total of cards.

Salute – addition

Foundation Phase (Gr R-3) & up, Intermediate Phase (Gr 4-6) & up

Addition

Summary

Players in groups of threes use playing cards to practice addition and subtraction. The captain gives each player a card and they put it on their forehead (salute). The captain tells them the total of the two cards. The players have to guess the number on their card.