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Grades k–2
Grades 3–5
Grades 6–8
Grades K–2
Grades 3–5
Grades 6–8

Grades K–2

Follow the Path

 

In these MathUP hands-on games, students find routes through number mazes by coutning by 1s, 2s, or 5s.

Let’s Go to the Playground

Let’s Go to the Zoo

Let’s Go to the Carnival 

What is Missing?

 

In this MathUP puzzle, students solve a puzzle involving missing digits in two-digit addition.

How Many Clues?

 

In this MathUP activity, students guess how many clues they would need to give to get someone to guess the shape they chose, and then they test their predictions.

Grades 3–5

Frog Hop

Frog Hop

 

In this MathUP coding game, students skip count and circle numbers on a 100-chart.

First to $100

First to $100

In this MathUP hands-on game, students use cards to spend or earn amounts of money. The goal is to reach $100.

Fishing for Patterns

Fishing for Patterns

 

In this MathUP hands-on game, students match cards that represent the same pattern.

Grades 6–8

Money Matters

Money Matters

 

In this MathUP financial literacy game, students answer multiple-choice or true/false questions to earn points.

Twenty Questions

Twenty Questions

 

In this MathUP hands-on game, students draw and translate shapes on a coordinate plane, and their partner asks questions to guess the translation.

Tri-Angles

Tri-Angles

 

In this MathUP card game, students match triangle cards with the angles that complete them.

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Grades K–2

Pond Pairs
1 to 10

In this MathUP hands-on game, students practise the counting sequence from 1 to 10. The game can also be extended to 20 and to 30.

 

Grades K–2

Number Puzzles

What You’ll Need:
Six-Sided Selection printout
Pencil

Give students these instructions:
Using the centimetre grid paper on the Six-Sided Selection printout, make a variety of different-looking hexagons that have an area of 60 square units.

Example:

Grades K–2

How Many Did I Take?

What You’ll Need:
Two number cubes

Give students these instructions:
Roll two number cubes 20 times. Predict which of the possibilities below is most likely. Test your prediction.
A: I will roll at least one 6 six times.
B: My rolls will add up to 7 six times.
C: I will roll doubles at least once.

Example:
Elva predicts that the most likely possibility is rolling at least one 6 six times. Elva experimented by rolling her number cubes 20 times.
1, 1 1, 3 2, 4 2, 6 1, 4 2, 2 1, 5 5, 4 4, 6 5, 5 5, 4 1, 2 5, 4 6, 3 6, 5 1, 4 5, 6 6, 2 1, 3 6, 2
Elva rolled a 6 seven times. Her rolls never added up to 7. She rolled three doubles. Elva’s prediction was correct.

Grades 3–6

Pond Pairs
Race to Tenths

What You’ll Need:
Counters

Pose this problem for students:
A pond has frogs, swans, and ducks. There are 10 animals altogether. How many of each could there be if 2 of the numbers are the same?

Sample answers:
There could be 2 frogs, 4 swans, and 4 ducks.
There could be 3 frogs, 3 swans, and 4 ducks.
There could be 1 frog, 1 swan, and 8 ducks.

Grades 3–6

Race to the Bottom and Back

What You’ll Need:
Six-Sided Selection printout
Pencil

Give students these instructions:
Using the centimetre grid paper on the Six-Sided Selection printout, make a variety of different-looking hexagons that have an area of 60 square units.

Example:

Grades 3–6

Leap Ahead

What You’ll Need:
Two number cubes

Give students these instructions:
Roll two number cubes 20 times. Predict which of the possibilities below is most likely. Test your prediction.
A: I will roll at least one 6 six times.
B: My rolls will add up to 7 six times.
C: I will roll doubles at least once.

Example:
Elva predicts that the most likely possibility is rolling at least one 6 six times. Elva experimented by rolling her number cubes 20 times.
1, 1 1, 3 2, 4 2, 6 1, 4 2, 2 1, 5 5, 4 4, 6 5, 5 5, 4 1, 2 5, 4 6, 3 6, 5 1, 4 5, 6 6, 2 1, 3 6, 2
Elva rolled a 6 seven times. Her rolls never added up to 7. She rolled three doubles. Elva’s prediction was correct.

Grades 6–8

Pond Pairs
Rolling Factors

What You’ll Need:
Counters

Pose this problem for students:
A pond has frogs, swans, and ducks. There are 10 animals altogether. How many of each could there be if 2 of the numbers are the same?

Sample answers:
There could be 2 frogs, 4 swans, and 4 ducks.
There could be 3 frogs, 3 swans, and 4 ducks.
There could be 1 frog, 1 swan, and 8 ducks.

Grades 6–8

Fraction Operations

What You’ll Need:
Six-Sided Selection printout
Pencil

Give students these instructions:
Using the centimetre grid paper on the Six-Sided Selection printout, make a variety of different-looking hexagons that have an area of 60 square units.

Example:

Grades 6–8

All or Nothing

In this MathUP