Math Games with a
Pair of Dice
Multiplication/Division Chart
Games to play at home
to practice math skills
Tips for playing math games with dice: Pig
Contain the dice! Put your dice in a small Players 2
plastic container. Kids shake the dice Materials: 2 dice, scratch paper to keep
and read the numbers through the score
plastic. How to Play: Be the first one to reach 100 points!
Players take turns rolling two dice and finding their
sum. On a turn, a player can keep rolling – be a PIG -
and add to their score. But beware – if a player rolls
a 1 on either dice, all points for that turn are lost.
Examples:
You can use dice from board games you
Joe rolls so his is 5.
may already have in the house. Don’t
forget to put them back when you are He keeps rolling, and gets for 6 points.
done. Now his running score is 11. He can stop at 11 or keep
Most games can also be played with going.
numbered cards as well. He rolls one more time, for 9 points.
Now his score is 20. He decides to stop and keep 20
for his score that round.
Jane rolls for 11 points. She rolls one
more time and gets a . Since she rolled a
1, her score is 0 for that round.
Dice War Make 10
Players 2 Players 2
Materials: 2 Dice Materials: 1 or 2 dice, scratch paper
How to Play: Roll two dice and add the two One die version: One die is rolled. Players try
numbers to find a sum. The sum becomes your to find what number needs to be added to
score for that round. First player to 100 wins. make ten. The number needed to make ten
becomes the player’s score for that round.
2+5=7
is rolled, then a player would say 7 to
make a 10 and their score is 7.
This game can also be played with subtraction
Two dice version: Two dice are rolled.
Players must add or subtract to make a ten.
6–2=4
two sixes are rolled. 6 + 6 =
and with multiplication 12 so 12 – 2 = 10 so 2 is the
score.
3 x 4 = 12 Use the Ten Frames on the next page for support.
Ten Frames Block Out
Players 2
Materials: 2 dice, graph paper, colored pencil
or crayon for each player
How to Play: Roll 2 dice and draw a rectangle using
the numbers rolled as the length and width on graph
paper. Continue until there is no room to draw any
more rectangles. Add the areas of all your rectangles
and the highest score wins.
2x3 3x3
5x2 4x3
101 and Out Closest to 100
Players 2 Players 2
Materials: 1 die, scratch paper Materials: 2 dice, 120 chart (optional),
scratch paper
How to Play: Copy the game board below. Roll
the die six times. Each roll has to count. You How to Play: Roll two dice and create a 2-
can count the rolls as either ones or tens. digit number.
Keep a running total as you play. The closest
to 101 without going over wins.
1 1 or 10 4 4 or 40
2 2 or 20 5 5 or 50 This could make 53 or 35.
3 3 or 30 6 6 or 60 Now, mentally find the difference between the 2-
Player 1 digit number and 100. One way to find the difference
is to count up. For example, if a number rolled is 53,
______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ count up by 10s and then add the 1s to get to 100.
10 + 50 + 4 + 20 + 4 + 3 = +10 +10 +10 +10 +7
Total __91___ 53 63 73 83 93 100
53 is 47 from 100
Player 2
For each round, the score is the difference from 100.
______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ The player with a score closest to 100 after 5 rounds
50 + 6 + 10 + 30 + 2 + 4 = wins.
Total 102 so out Player 1 wins!
Trash Can Game Trash Can Game Mat
Players 2 Player 1 ____ ____ ____ ____
Materials: 1 die, scratch paper hundreds tens ones trash can
How to Play: Draw a game board like on the
facing page. Roll your die and pick where to ____________ ____________
put your number. Once placed, a digit Your number the greatest number
cannot be moved. You have four rolls to make with those digits
a number.
Now compare with a <, > or =.
Write the number you made and the greatest
number you can make with those digits. Then
compare them with a <, > or =. Player 2 ____ ____ ____ ____
hundreds tens ones trash can
Example:
____ _____ _____ ______ ____________ ____________
H T O Trash can
Your number the greatest number
536 < 653
with those digits
Now compare with a <, > or =.
The player who creates the largest number
each round gets a point.
