KS2 Teacher Playing with dice Collection

A game has a special dice with a colour spot on each face. These three pictures show different views of the same dice. What colour is opposite blue?

Play this dice game yourself. How could you make it fair?

In this game you throw two dice and find their total, then move the appropriate counter to the right. Which counter reaches the purple box first?

There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...

Investigate the sum of the numbers on the top and bottom faces of a line of three dice. What do you notice?

In this game, you can add, subtract, multiply or divide the numbers on the dice. Which will you do so that you get to the end of the number line first?

Dotty Six is a simple dice game that you can adapt in many ways.

Roll two red dice and a green dice. Add the two numbers on the red dice and take away the number on the green. What are all the different possible answers?

If you had any number of ordinary dice, what are the possible ways of making their totals 6? What would the product of the dice be each time?

Have a go at this game which involves throwing two dice and adding their totals. Where should you place your counters to be more likely to win?

Add or subtract the two numbers on the spinners and try to complete a row of three. Are there some numbers that are good to aim for?

When you throw two regular, six-faced dice you have more chance of getting one particular result than any other. What result would that be? Why is this?

I throw three dice and get 5, 3 and 2. Add the scores on the three dice. What do you get? Now multiply the scores. What do you notice?