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Playing with Dice

Traffic Lights

The game uses a 3x3 square board. 2 players take turns to play, either placing a red on an empty square, or changing a red to orange, or orange to green. The player who forms 3 of 1 colour in a line wins.

Achi

This game for two players comes from Ghana. However, stones that were marked for this game in the third century AD have been found near Hadrian's Wall in Northern England.

Jumping Reindeer

A game for 1 person to develop stategy and shape and space awareness. 12 counters are placed on a board. Counters are removed one at a time. The aim is to be left with only 1 counter.

The Twelve Pointed Star Game

Stage: 2 Challenge Level:

A game is for two or more players.
Each player chooses one, two or three numbers.
Players then take it in turns to roll two dice and add the scores.

The player who has chosen that number puts a counter on the appropriate circle.
(So for example there's me and my friend Zac. I choose $2$,$4$ and $6$, Zac chooses $7$,$8$ and $9$. Zac rolls the dice and it's a $4$ and a $2$ - so I can put a counter on $6$)
The winner is the first player to have counters on all three circles belonging to one of their chosen numbers.

Play the game a few times.
Here is a copy of the star which you can print off and use.

Which are good numbers to choose? Why?
Which are poor numbers to choose? Why?
Which is the worst number to choose? Why?

Multiplication & division. Combinations. Working systematically. Games. Dice. Interactivities. Theoretical probability. Addition & subtraction. Experimental probability. Trial and improvement.