Hunting the Taniwha

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Purpose

This is a level 2 number activity from the Figure It Out series. It relates to Stage 5 of the Number Framework.
A PDF of the student activity is included.

Achievement Objectives
NA2-1: Use simple additive strategies with whole numbers and fractions.
Student Activity

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Specific Learning Outcomes

add and subtract multiples of ten

Required Resource Materials
A dice labelled "lost paddle", 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50

FIO, Level 2, Number, Book 2, Hunting the Taniwha, page 7

A different-coloured coutner for each player

A classmate

Activity

Game


This game is designed to have students add in multiples of 10 and apply their knowledge of basic facts to do this. For example, 5 + 2 = 7, so 50 + 20 = 70.
The most important teaching point is to ensure that the students perform the addition before they move their counter. If they are on 120 and roll a 50, they must do the calculation first rather than simply moving their counter along and counting 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 to get to 170.
One way of encouraging the students to use addition is to ask them to record each move in a table.

table.

Other ideas to consider:

• You could use an ordinary dice and make 6 the “lost paddle”, 1 = 10, 2 = 20, and so on.

• The students don’t have to reach exactly 200 to win.

Answers to Activity

A game of addition and subtraction

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Level Two