Addition Top-It

Multiplication Wrestling

Materials - Number Cards 0 - 9 (4 of each) Multiplication Wrestling Game board

Players 2

Directions

1. Shuffle the cards. Place the deck number-side down on the playing surface.

2. Each player draws four cards and forms two 2-digit numbers. There are many possible ways to form 2-digit numbers using the four cards. Each player should form their two numbers so that their products are as large as possible.

3. Players create two “wrestling teams” by writing each of their numbers as a sum of tens and ones.

4. Next, each player’s two teams wrestle. Each member of the first team is multiplied by each member of the second team. Then the four products are added.

5. Scoring: The player with the larger product wins the round and receives one point.

6. To begin a new round each player draws four new cards to form two new numbers. A game consists of three rounds.

For more information and examples see Student Reference Book pg. 202

South Western School District, Hanover, PA