Games for Educators

Math Concepts

Addition- single digit, Number bonds

Materials

Game board, colored tokens or markers

Players

1

Set up

These puzzles reinforce adding and number bonds in a fun way, and they are easy to make. Pick a target number such as 10. Take a blank 3 by 3 or 4 by 4 board and fill it with pairs or triplets that add up to the target number– the numbers in a group must border each other. If you use the target number in the board (together with 0), that will give your students a simple place to start.

Example

Here are two boards that have a target sum of 10.

Challenge

Finds groups of two or three numbers that share a side and add up to the target sum. When finished, the groups must exactly fill the board.