One-page addition and subtraction games for two players, for facts within 20. There is nothing to cut out or set up: print a sheet, hand out two colored pencils (and dice for some games), and play. Each sheet has the rules at the top, a number line for counting on or back, and two boards, so a pair can play a rematch. Six games are free to download here, one of each kind.
Roll two dice, add them and color a fact that makes the same number. Needs 2 dice.
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The die picks your row. Answer a subtraction fact in it; your partner checks the upside-down key. Needs 1 die.
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Color a fact like 7 + ? and the number that makes 10. The longest line of one color wins. Pencils only.
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Roll a die for your row and answer its next double or near double. Finish a row to win its banana. Needs 1 die.
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Color one number from each box to make an addition fact past 10. The last player to make one wins. Pencils only.
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Find three touching numbers that make an addition or subtraction fact. Most facts colored wins. Pencils only.
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The 6 free games above, plus 25 more that are only in the pack, in the order addition and subtraction facts are taught.
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The games follow the order addition and subtraction facts are taught in 1st and 2nd grade: adding and subtracting within 10, making 10, doubles and near doubles, adding past 10 with 8s and 9s, sums to 20, subtracting within 20, and finally mixed facts and missing numbers such as 8 + ? = 13.
There are six kinds of game. In Four in a Row, players roll two dice, add them and color a fact that makes the same number. In Lucky Row, a die picks the row and the partner checks the answer on an upside-down key. In the Race games, a die picks a row and finishing a row wins its prize. Longest Line is a track of facts and answers. Make a Fact and Fact Hunt, for the later stages, ask players to find three numbers that make a fact.
Every sheet has a number line under the rules, so a child who does not know a fact yet can count on or back with a pencil tip. The games give the same practice as a page of facts, with a partner checking every answer.
Every sheet is black and white. The pictures are outlines, so early finishers can color them in. For written practice, see the addition and subtraction worksheets and the fact families sheets. For grades 3 and 4, try the multiplication games.
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