Purpose:
You can help your child to practice the basic multiplication and division facts.
What you need:
- Game cards (PDF,60KB). You can print these or make your own.
- Cardboard.
What to do:
Glue the cards on to cardboard.
Cut the game cards, shuffle them and deal 6 cards to each player. The remaining cards are placed in a pile face down between the players.
The aim is to make matching pairs of cards, for example, 6 x 7 = 42 and 42 ÷ 6 = 7 make a pair.
Players take turns to ask each other for a card.
- For example, Player 1 asks, “do you have the pair for 3 x 8 = 24”. If Player 2 has the card they give it to Player 1, if not Player 2 says “Go Fish” and Player 1 can take a card from the pile.
The winner is the first player to put all their cards into pairs on the table.
What to expect your child to do:
To correctly match the multiplication and division facts.
Variation:
- Extend the range of facts by writing your own multiplication and division pairs.
- Use your home language to play this game
He Kupu Māori:
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kāri whakawehenga
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division card
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kāri whakareatanga
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multiplication card
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riwhiriwhi (~a)
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shuffle
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whakawehe (~a)
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divide
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whakawehenga
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division
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otinga
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answer, result
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whakarea (~tia)
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multiply
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whakareatanga
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multiplication
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takirua kāri
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pair of cards
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putunga kāri
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pile of cards
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He Whakawhitinga Kōrero:
- Riwhiriwhia ngā kāri. Tohaina kia ono ki ia kaitākaro. (Shuffle the cards. Deal 6 cards to each player.)
- Whakaputua ngā toenga kāri, ko ngā mata ki raro. (Pile the remaining cards face down.)
- Mēnā kei a koe tētahi whakareatanga me te whakawehenga e hāngai ana, me whakatakoto ēnā ki mua i a koe hei takirua kāri. (If you have a multiplication and its matching division, put them down in front of you as a pair.)
- Kei a koe i te tuatahi. Me pātai atu ki tētahi mēnā kei a ia tētahi kāri e hiahia ana koe hei hanga takirua kāri. (Your turn first. Ask someone else if they have got a card you want so you can make a pair.)
- Kei a koe te whakawehenga e hāngai ana ki te ‘toru whakareatia ki te waru, ka rua tekau mā whā’? (Do you have the division which matches 3 times 8 equals 24?)
- Kei a koe te whakareatanga e hāngai ana ki te ‘whā tekau mā rua whakawehea ki te ono, ka whitu’? (Do you have the multiplication which matches 42 divided by 6 equals 7?)
- Āe. Anei. (Yes. Here it is.)
- Kāore i ahau tēnā kāri. Tangohia tētahi i te putunga kāri. (I don’t have that card. Take one from the pile.)
- Koia kei a koe! Kua oti katoa ō kāri te whakatakoto hei takirua. Ko koe te toa. (Good one. You’ve put all of your cards down as pairs. You’re the winner.)
Download a file of this activity:
PDF (265KB)