The Grand Tutor
Roll & Solve
Two players race up a number track. Every roll is a multiplication fact, every landing square is a chance to knock the other player back.
Practices: times tables, mental addition.
The games
Pick the skill. Print the game.
Every game below names the skill it practices and the grades it suits, so you can match it to whatever came home in the backpack this week. All of them print on a home printer and play in about fifteen minutes.
Math games
From times tables through pre-algebra.
Fraction Face-Off
Each player builds a fraction from two cards and argues for why theirs is bigger. Ties get settled by drawing the pizza.
Practices: comparing fractions, equivalence.
Decimal Showdown
Place your digits one at a time to build the biggest number — but you commit to each spot before you know what comes next.
Practices: place value, comparing decimals.
Above & Below
A tug-of-war along a number line that runs both directions. Land on a minus and watch your lead disappear.
Practices: negative numbers, integer operations.
Trade Route
Swap goods at different exchange rates and try to end the game richest. Nobody notices they're doing ratios.
Practices: ratios, proportional reasoning.
Mystery Number
One player thinks of a number and gives clues as equations. The other solves for x without ever being told that's what they're doing.
Practices: one-step and two-step equations.
Reading games
Vocabulary, inference, and comprehension — without a comprehension worksheet in sight.
Story Builders
Draw a character, a place and a problem, then take turns adding a sentence. The story has to still make sense at the end.
Practices: sequencing, narrative structure.
Word Detective
One player reads a sentence with a nonsense word in it. The other has to work out the real meaning from the clues around it.
Practices: context clues, vocabulary.
Read Between the Lines
Short scenes with the key fact left out. Score points for the inference you can defend with a line from the text.
Practices: inference, evidence.
Headline Hunt
Read a paragraph, then race to write the best six-word headline. The other player judges — and has to say why.
Practices: main idea, summarizing.
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Roll & Solve is yours for the asking. Send your email and it arrives as a printable PDF, along with a new game idea every couple of weeks.
