Practice multiplying, and celebrate St. Patrick's Day simultaneously with a fun learning game. Here, players roll two six-faced number cubes and multiply the two face-up numbers to find the product. Then, they place a marker on the product shown on the game board. First player to use all 10 markers, wins!

Concepts

st. patrick's day, board games

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Model how to play the game before allowing groups to play on their own
• Laminate the worksheet for continued use
• Create a larger version of the game on poster board to allow for bigger groups

Classroom Considerations

• The game requires 10 space markers (or other type of manipulative) per player and two number cubes or dice
• Provide paper for learners that need to work out multiplication problems
• Best printed in color

Pros

• A very simple game that adds a fun twist to math as well as St. Patrick's Day
• Game can be easily modified to five markers instead of 10
• Comes with directions

Cons

• None

Common Core

3.OA.C.7