Purpose:
- To practice adding doubles + 1 and – 1.
You need:
- Game board (one per player) (PDF, 4KB)
- One dice numbered 4-9
- Two players
How to play.
- Roll the dice.
- Double the number. Either add 1 or subtract 1 and cover the number. For example, if 5 is rolled they can either cover 9 or 11.
- If there are two 9s they can only cover 1 of them.
- The first to cover all numbers on their board is the winner.
Variation:
- In another game choose 3 to add or subtract and cover the sum on the card. For example, a child rolls 7, doubles the number to 14 adds 3 and covers 17 on the card. They need to choose the strategy wisely because if they double 4 to 8 and take away 3 they will get 5 and there is no 5 on the board. So they will have to miss a turn.