Fill the Graph! - Dice Area Game

• This game can be played with 2 or 4 players

• They will need one piece of graph or grid paper (there is one below to download and print if desired) per game, two dice, and each player will need a different colored marker, pen, or pencil

• Each player starts the game in one corner

• Every player rolls two dice and the person with the highest total goes first

• On each turn, roll both dice

  • Use the two numbers reflected on the dice to draw a box (the two numbers are the sides of the box - one should be the length and one should be width)

  • The area of the box must be calculated in order for the box to count towards a player’s score

    • If the players have started multiplication in school, the area of the box should be calculated using multiplication

    • If the players have not started multiplication they should add up the number of little boxes in their drawn box

• Players continue to alternate turns until the page is full, and no more boxes can be drawn

  • On each turn the boxes must connect to each other somehow

    • This can be done side on side (see the bottom right corner)

    • It can be made more difficult by only allowing boxes to be connected on their corners (see the top left corner)

• The winner is the person who covers the most area of the page, which is not equivalent to the number of boxes drawn

This game covers the following mathematical concepts:

• Addition

• Multiplication

• Counting

• Strategic thinking

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Dice Area Game Worksheet.pdf

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