Background:
This game is a variation of the numbers game played on the popular television program, Countdown (called Letters & Numbers in Australia).
Game Objective: To make the target using the numbers on the four dice
Materials: Four dice
WALT: Use our knowledge of numbers and the four operations to create the target number
WILF: Understanding of how numbers can be made using different operations
Summary:
- Teacher selects a target number
- Four dice are rolled
- Students need to try and make the target number using the numbers on the four dice and any operation
- For example, if the dice numbers were, 6, 2, 3 and 4, and the target was 24, a solution could be, 6 x 2 + 3 x 4 = 24
Variation:
- The target number, number of dice and type of dice (6-sided, 9-sided, etc.) can be varied to modify the difficulty
- A point or tallying system could also be developed where solutions could be sorted by the number of dice used
- A random number generator could be used to generate the target number and the dice rolls
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