Purpose:
You can help your child with the multiplication basic facts up to the 10 times tables.
What you need:
- The game template (PDF, 31KB)
- Counters in two colours
- Two markers to indicate the numbers being added.
What to do:
Player One starts by putting a marker under two numbers in the row below the board.
The numbers are multiplied and the answer on the board is covered with a counter of their chosen colour.
Player Two moves only one marker to a new number in the row beneath the board. The new combination is multiplied together and the answer is covered with a counter of their chosen colour.
Play continues until one player has four of their counters in a row vertically, horizontally or diagonally. They are the winner.
If the answer to multiplying two markers together is already covered the player loses that turn.
He Kupu Māori:
basic multiplication facts | meka whakareatanga matua |
counter | porotiti |
vertical | poutū |
horizontal | huapae |
diagonal | hauroki |
He Whakawhitinga Kōrero:
- Anei he porotiti māu, he whero. Anei āku porotiti, he kākāriki. (Here are some counters for you, they’re red. Here are my counters, green.)
- Whakatakotoria he porotiti ki raro i ētahi tau e rua i tēnei rārangitanga tau. (Place counters under two numbers in this line of numbers.)
- Whakareatia ngā tau e rua. He aha te otinga? Uhia te otinga ki tētahi o ō porotiti i te papa tākaro nei. (Multiply the two numbers together. What is the answer? Cover the answer on the game board with one of your counters.)
- Kei a au ināianei. Ka nuku au i tētahi o ngā porotiti i raro i te rārangitanga tau. Ka whakarea au i ngā tau e rua, ā, ka uhia te otinga i te papa tākaro ki tētahi o aku porotiti. (My turn now. I will move one of the counters under the line of numbers. I’ll multiply the two numbers together and cover the answer on the game board with one of my counters.)
- Kei a koe ināianei. (Your turn now)
- Ko te mea tuatahi kia whā ana porotiti e noho rārangi mai ana, ahakoa he rārangi poutū, rārangi huapae, rārangi hauroki rānei, ko ia te toa. (The first to have 4 counters in a line, either vertical, horizontal or diagonal is the winner.)
Download a file of this activity:
PDF (177KB)