Flash cards are an excellent way to sharpen multiplication skills when learning the times tables. Rapid response is encouraged and competition is fun when playing the game of Bingo with multiplication flash cards for prizes. Count the number of students playing and make enough copies for everyone using a variety of Bingo cards. Next create multiplication flash cards that calculate the product of the numbers on the cards, for example: a Bingo card has the numbers 21, 45, and 12; the corresponding flash cards would create those numbers (7×3, 9×5, and 6×2.) The first student who successfully answers for a row of numbers across, down, or diagonally wins. Another fun, familiar and competitive multiplication game to play is Uno, but first the rules are changed just a bit. Uno is usually played by discarding cards that are the same color or number until a winning player is left with one card. Players in multiplication Uno use factoring to discard, where cards are put down according to whether or not the cards in hand are a whole numbered multiple or factors of the last card. If supplies are short, a great game for multiplication table learning requires only group participation and voice. Multiplication families such as three’s or two’s are singled out in the game called Buzz. A number between two and nine is picked out by a game leader, who is chosen by the teacher. Once the number is chosen, the leader then starts the count at one and each player takes turn counting up from one. When a multiple of the chosen number is reached, the player who would say that number instead says the word -buzz-. If the player does not say -buzz- then they are out; this also includes if a player says -buzz- when the number is not actually a multiple. When one player is left, the winner of the multiplication game of Buzz is determined and a new round can begin. Another multiplication learning opportunity with flash cards is a game called Flip Up and is created with a simple deck of cards. Two students sit across from each other with an equal amount of cards (none of which are face cards or jokers) and much like the card game war, they flip cards from their pile. A player wins a round when they call out the correct multiplication of the flipped cards. Recess and math class meet up when multiplication activities are fun and engaging.
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