Spiral Multiplication

Greetings!

We learned a new way to practice our multiplication facts last week.  It’s a game that can be done easily at home and the kids love to play it…especially when they get to make up some of the rules!  J 

Spiral Multiplication

Game Rules

Materials:

Deck of cards

Game pieces

Dice

Game variations:

Kids get to make up rules as the game progresses. 

Cards are added to make a larger spiral in order to keep playing

1.     Use the deck of cards to make a spiral game board starting from the center.

2.     Place your game pieces at the start.

3.    Player 1 rolls the die. 

4.    Player 1 multiplies the number on the die (or dice for a more advanced version) by the card the game piece is on.

5.    If they are correct, they move the number of spaces the die shows.  If they are incorrect, they do not get to move.

Take turns and repeat until someone reaches the end

Some RULE ideas created last year:

If you roll a 3, you lose a turn.

If you roll a 5, the next person loses a turn.

If you get two 1s in a row, you get to choose the player you want to lose a turn.

You can choose to go two times in a row, but then you’d miss a turn.  You can only do this 3 times.

If you get a 6, you go back one space.

If you get a 1, you get another turn.

If you roll the same number that is on the card of the next player, you can bump them back two spaces.

If you roll a number that is next to each other in sequence, you must stay there.  The 4^th time, you choose someone to go back a space.

If you get SNAKE EYES, you get to choose a player to move back five spaces,

If you roll a one, you go back a space.

If you get one six, and the next turn you get another six, you can switch places with another player.

If your card and the die has the same number, you get to go again.