Division Loopy Cards

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Purpose:

You can help your child to recall the division basic facts.

What you need:

Set of Loopy Cards. (PDF, 41 KB) You can print these or make your own.

What to do:

Deal out the cards between the players.   Players can spread their cards out face up.
The person who has “Start” loopy card begins by reading out loud the instruction on that card, “50 ÷ 5”, and then place the card in the middle.
The person who has the Loopy card that shows the answer "10" calls out the answer and places it on top of the start card. The player then reads the next instruction.
 
 
The game keeps going until the card with "Finish" is placed in the middle. 

What to expect your child to do:

To recall the division basic facts. They should become quicker at instantly recalling the facts. 

Variation:

  • Make a set of loopy cards that has the division basic facts that your child needs to practice most.
  • Children can take all the cards and arrange them so the ends match to form one continuous line.

He Kupu Māori:

whakawehe (a)
divide
whakawehenga
division
otinga
result/answer
kāri tīmatanga
beginning card

He Whakawhitinga Kōrero:

  • Tohaina ngā kāri. (Deal out the cards.)
  • Horahia ngā kāri ki mua i a koe, ko ngā mata ki runga. (Spread the cards out face up in front of you.)
  • Kei a wai te kāri tīmatanga? Pānuihia te whakawehenga. (Who’s got the start card? Read the division out loud.)
  • Kei a wai te otinga ki tēnā whakawehenga? Whakatakotoria ki runga i te kāri tīmatanga, ka pānui mai ai i te whakawehenga hou. (Who’s got the solution to that division? Put it on top of the start cards and read out the new division problem.)
  • Whakawehea te toru tekau mā ono ki te whā, ka hia? (36 ÷ 4 = ?) (36 divided by 9 is how many?)
  • Whakatakotoria tō kāri ki te putunga kāri. (Put that card on the pile of cards.)

Download a file of this activity:

PDF (249KB)