Addition & Subtraction

Target Sum

• This game is played in pairs.


• Each pair of students gets one Target Sum Game Board and one set of Digit Cards to share.


• Designate the target sum for the game. Our target sum will be 100.


• The first student draws four digit cards and places them on the Target Sum Game Board. (Students may place the cards in any tens or ones spot on the board to make two-digit numbers.)


• The first student adds their two-digit numbers together to get their sum. The first student then records their answer in their math journal and clears the board.


• The Second student completes the same process.


• The student that is closest to 100 without going over wins.


• Keep track of wins with tally marks in math journal.

Cover Up

• This activity can be done with groups of 2-5 students.


• Each group needs one Cover Up Game Board and one set of Cover Up Cards.


• Turn the Cover Up Cards upside down beside the game board.


• Each player chooses five (5) cards and holds them in his/her hands facing him/her like UNO.


• The first player uses one of his/her cards to cover a space on the board. The card must be the correct answer to the math problem on the board.


• The next player plays a card but it must join a previous card played by touching any side or any corner of another card already on the board.. If this cannot be done, the player draws another card instead.


• Play continues in this manner until one player lays down all of his/her cards.

Hundred Chart Connect 4

• This game is played in pairs.


• Each pair of students needs one Hundreds Chart, four dice and red/yellow counters.


• Each player decides if they want to be red or yellow.


• The first player rolls all four dice and arranges them to create a double digit addition or subtraction problem. (Example: a student rolls a 3,6,1,4. Here are some problems they can create: 36+14, 63-41, 61+13, 46-31, etc...)


• The players solves their double digit problem using their journal and then places a red/yellow counter on the answer on the hundreds chart.


• Player two does the same as player one.


• Play alternates until one player has four red/yellow counters connecting on the hundreds chart.

Domino Subtraction

• This game is played in pairs.


• Each pair of students needs a bag of dominos and a two sided spinner labeled more/less.


• Player one draws two dominos out of the bag. The student arranges the dominos to create a two digit subtraction problem of their choice. (Example, first domino has 2 dots and 6 dots, second domino has 1 dot and 5 dots. They could be arranged to create the following subtraction problems, 51-26, 62-15, 62-51, 26-15, 51-26)


• Player one records and solves this problem in their math journal.


• Player two does then same as player one.


• After both students have created and solved their subtraction problems, one student spins the spinner to see who the winner is. If the spinner lands on more, the student with the largest answer is the winner. If the spinner lands on less, the students with the smallest answer is the winner.


• Wins are recorded by using tally marks in the students math journals.






Note: This game can also be played using addition instead of subtraction.