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Addition and subtraction practice with numbered dice

February 3, 2016 by Katie Leave a Comment

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Looking for a way to bring a bit of fun to your child’s addition and subtraction practice routine? Try out this basic math facts practice activity using numbered dice.

For more activities, resources, and printables for teaching math, see my Math Activities for Kids page. 

Use numbered dice to create a fun addition and subtraction game for helping kids practice basic math skills. Great activity for K-1 students! || Gift of Curiosity

For this activity, we used our set of whole number dice, a sheet of paper, and a pencil.

Use numbered dice to create a fun addition and subtraction game for helping kids practice basic math skills. Great activity for K-1 students! || Gift of Curiosity

I provided my son with two numbered dice, one featuring numbers 1-6 and one featuring numbers 7-12. I also provided him with one dice featuring addition (+) and subtraction (-) signs. (You can purchase these great dice on Amazon.)

He rolled the dice, then formed them into an equation he could solve. (Note that when he rolled a ‘+’ sign, the order of the numbers didn’t matter. But when he rolled a ‘-‘ sign, he had to put the larger number on the left and the smaller number on the right. Some day when he begins working with negative numbers that won’t matter, but at this point he was only working with positive numbers.)

Use numbered dice to create a fun addition and subtraction game for helping kids practice basic math skills. Great activity for K-1 students! || Gift of Curiosity

QBoy then wrote the equation on his paper and solved it.

Use numbered dice to create a fun addition and subtraction game for helping kids practice basic math skills. Great activity for K-1 students! || Gift of Curiosity

Yay for new ways of making addition and subtraction practice more fun!

Use numbered dice to create a fun addition and subtraction game for helping kids practice basic math skills. Great activity for K-1 students! || Gift of Curiosity

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More resources for teaching math

More math activities from Gift of Curiosity:

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  • Teaching combinations of 10
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  • Introduction to probability
  • Put the numbers on the clothesline
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For more activities, resources, and printables for teaching math, see my Math Activities for Kids page and my Math Pinterest board. 

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