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Multiples Cover Up

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Purpose:

You can help your child to identify multiples of numbers.

What you need:

What to do:

Cut out the multiple cards and place in a pile face down. Give a game board to each player. 

The first player turns over a multiples card. If the number is a multiple of a number on their card they can cover that number. They can only cover one number in a turn. Return the multiples card to the bottom of the pile. If they are unable to cover a number on their board then other player has a turn. 

The winner is the first person to cover all the numbers on their game board.

What to expect your child to do:

To identify multiples of numbers using strategies such as multiplication and division facts, and divisibility rules. For example; any number ending in a 5 or a 0 is a multiple of 5, any even number is a multiple of 2, any number whose digits add to a multiple of 3 is also a multiple of 3 e.g. 54: 5 + 4 = 9, 9 is a multiple of 3 and therefore so is 54.

Variation:

  • Make your own multiples cards.
  • The first person who calls a factor of a multiples cards can cover that factor on their board. For example, if the multiple 35 is turned over then the first person to call either 5 or 7 can cover either of these numbers on their game board. 

He Kupu Māori:

papa tau

number board

taurea

multiple

porotiti

add

He Whakawhitinga Kōrero:

  • Whakaputua ngā kāri ko ngā mata ki raro. (Place the cards in a pile, face down.)
  • Tangohia tētahi kāri. Āta tirohia tō papa tau. Mēnā he taurea tō kāri o tētahi o ngā tau i tō papa, uhia taua tau ki te porotiti. (Look carefully at your number board. If your card is a multiple of a number on your board, cover that number with a counter.)
  • Whakahokia tō kāri ki raro o te putunga kāri. (Return your card to the bottom of the pile.)
  • Kei ahau ināianei. (Its my turn now.)
  • Māu e tīmata. (You can start.)
  • He taurea te tekau mā whā o te whitu. (14 is a multiple of 7.)
  • Ko te tangata tuatahi ki te uhi i ngā tau katoa i tōna papa, ko ia te toa. (The first person to cover all of the numbers on their board is the winner.)

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