An ordinary set of dominoes can be laid out as a 7 by 4 magic rectangle in which all the spots in all the columns add to 24, while those in the rows add to 42. Try it! Now try the magic square...
A game for 1 person to play on screen. Practise your number bonds whilst improving your memory
A game for 2 players. Practises subtraction or other maths operations knowledge.
This is a game for a single player, a pair or a small group. You need one calculator.
Agree on your scoring system before you begin. Here is one to start with: 1 point for an odd answer 2 points for an answer ending with 0 3 points for a multiple of 6 (that is; an answer from the 6 times table)
So far Players 1 and 2 have 5 points each. The game continues. The player with the highest score at the end of the game wins.
Younger players might find it helpful to track the game with counters on a Hundred chart.
Is there a strategy to help you build the highest score? What is the maximum number of turns possible? What is the smallest number of turns possible in a game? What is the lowest score possible? What is the highest?
Set a challenge for yourself and/or a partner to find set of turns that gives a score of exactly 15 (or some other chosen target).