Estimation, Mental Math and Word Problems

This packet includes everything you need to review and practice estimation, mental math and multi-step word problems.  This includes my estimating sums and differences game, my mental math game and some multi-step word problems!

Decimal Game

We played this game to review decimals.  This was one of the most popular games I played with my students all year.  They asked to play this game over and over again.  I gave them an empty board and had them put decimals in the spaces.  It did take time for them to put numbers in their boards so if you decide to play this game make sure you build in time for them to write their own numbers or create boards in advance with the numbers already in place.  I then called out the decimals and they covered the numbers that matched the numbers I called out.  We played several time and every time once of them won I gave the winner a pencil.

Mental Math

I believe it is important to encourage and teach our students how to do as much math in their heads as possible.  As adults that is how we solve most of our math problems on a day to day basis.  I created these games to help my students practice addition and subtraction in their heads.  Of course, I do give them the option of using a paper and pencil if they need to.

Hope you enjoy these games as much as my students do!