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Addition - Noughts & Crosses

Addition game It wasn't a great stretch to take the Times Tables Noughts and Crosses maths game we developed a few weeks ago, and turn it into an Addition activity. A number of people requested it to use with older children who still need plenty of practice with addition... so here it is!

Just like last time, the downloadable pdf file (below) consists of two board games: a traditional 3 by 3 board, and an 'extended' 4 by 4 board. The file also includes two sets of 28 addition problems as playing tokens, these range from 3+1, 3+2, 3+3 ... to .. 9+2, 9+3, 9+4.

The boards feature full instructions of how to play.

Clearly, the game can be further adapted... so post a comment to tell us how this worked for you, or to share any further ideas of how it can be used with other mathematical concepts.

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I think this will be a great

Submitted by anne help on Thu, 04/18/2013 - 13:55.

I think this will be a great activity for my SEN teaching assistant to play with a child on a one to one. There will be lots of opportunities to check their counting, understanding of addition sign and just basic turn taking . Thanks.

This will be fab for my

Submitted by Phil41 on Sat, 09/29/2012 - 23:15.

This will be fab for my lower ability maths group. I am going to make up some cards featuring two digit numbers and subtraction problems to use as well. Great idea!!!

That's a great adaptation.

Submitted by johdu on Mon, 10/01/2012 - 15:34.

That's a great adaptation. Thanks for the feedback.

That's a great adaptation.

Submitted by johdu on Sun, 09/30/2012 - 22:04.

That's a great adaptation. Thanks for the feedback.

This looks fab, my maths

Submitted by vic234 on Sun, 12/11/2011 - 19:45.

This looks fab, my maths group will love playing this. Thank you! :)

This is a great way for my

Submitted by npackham on Sun, 10/16/2011 - 20:46.

This is a great way for my Year One children to practise addition. I like the idea of numicon similar images to support this resource.

Great fun in learning for the

Submitted by kha16460 on Sun, 10/16/2011 - 09:09.

Great fun in learning for the kids. Only problem was they became so good, nobody could actually make 4 in a row because the opponent would block. But hey, have another go and you might win next time!

A really great resource that

Submitted by mselsdon on Wed, 10/12/2011 - 15:16.

A really great resource that fits in well with my teaching. The kids really enjoyed it.

Good resource but could you

Submitted by crana on Sun, 10/09/2011 - 12:05.

Good resource but could you please fix the spelling of "noughts"?

Good point. Naughts (with the

Submitted by johdu on Sun, 10/09/2011 - 20:07.

Good point. Naughts (with the 'a') is equally well established in common usage, and you could argue that children need to become accustomed to both spelling varieties. However, that is not the original reason I used it... in all honesty I didn't notice! You are quite right; naught (with the 'o') is clearly more correct.

Looks like a fun and useful

Submitted by crana on Sat, 10/08/2011 - 22:14.

Looks like a fun and useful activity. Thanks.

This will be fab for my year

Submitted by libby41 on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 11:47.

This will be fab for my year 1s, hopefully to make them a bit speedier at adding!

This is going to be great for

Submitted by Jo Mould on Sun, 10/02/2011 - 14:51.

This is going to be great for extending my top group and their mental calculation ability! They'll love playing a game - and they'll be learning too - thank you!

Is is possible to produce sum

Submitted by STEVEN STROTHER on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 07:42.

Is is possible to produce sum cards with pictures of numicon? We've just got numicon in school and it would be good to make the link in playing games such as this. Do you think pictures of numicon are copyrighted?

It would most probably be a

Submitted by johdu on Sat, 09/10/2011 - 19:54.

It would most probably be a breach of copyright to reproduce images with numicon, or numicon-like resources. However, it is unlikely that the actual layout of the 'holes' could be protected. So 'sum' cards using items in numicon layouts would be acceptable. I'll see what I can do...