The train of addition.

Mental calculation 6th grade

With this activity, children will develop their ability to mentally add integers less than 999.

Ask the first child in the front row to solve the addition you indicate, for example 4+6. The child
answer 10 and indicate that 6 must be added.
The child who is behind must respond quickly 16 and indicate the number that must be added.
The child who is behind must repeat the process, and so on until all the rows
they have participated.
The speed at which responses are given should resemble the speed that should be had for
catch the train and not be left behind.

Mental calculation games. The astronaut

This mental math game for elementary school develops mathematical calculation in an easy and fun way. You
we explain the necessary materials and instructions

Necessary materials:

Colored pencils.
Cardstock
Plasticine
Two dice or spinning tops.
A card for each player.

How to play

To create the board you will need to build a circuit with the numbers from 1 to 100. At the bottom of the board
the universe should be represented, with stars, planets, and even spaceships.
Make two spinners, one should have the numbers from 0 to 9 and the other should have the operation signs.
basic arithmetic, namely addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
To start, each player spins the number spinner and places their token on the number they have obtained.
Then, in the clockwise direction, each player must spin the number top and the one for the
operations.
After observing the number and the obtained operation, you must calculate the result of it and place yourself
in the square of the board with the corresponding number. For example, if a player is on square 8 and in
The spinning tops get a 4 and a +, so it should calculate 8+4=12, therefore it should place its token in box 12.
In the case of subtractions, you can switch the numbers and for example calculate 8-4 instead of 4-8.
The first player to reach or exceed 100 on the board wins.

754) THE DICE (1) Level: Primary. 1st cycle. Objectives: To perform, mentally and quickly, sums of two addends. Players: In groups of three or four.
students. Game rules: Each student in the group rolls two dice and mentally adds up the points obtained. The other group members
they control the accuracy of the result. A scoring system can be established so that the one who scores the most points wins. Variants: They can be modified.
the dice putting stickers with other numbers on the faces.

8113) THE SECRET NUMBER Level: Primary. 1st cycle. Objectives: Practice addition and subtraction. Players: Individual. Game rules: The teacher makes
Questions like: -I'm thinking of a number. If I add 3, I get 7, what is it? -I'm thinking of a number. If I subtract 2, I get 5, what is it? It can be done.
establish a scoring system. Variant: Each student thinks of a number (the secret number). Then the teacher gives an operation, for example: add to it
4, subtract 5, etc. Each student is asked to say the result they obtained, and the others must guess their secret number.

9023) HUNDREDS, TENS AND UNITS Level: Primary. 1st cycle. Objectives: Decompose three-digit numbers into hundreds, tens, and units.
Players: Individual or in groups. Rules of the game: The student has to mark, in each row, the three boxes whose sum is the number of the margin.
It can be done the other way around; that is, to give the marked boxes and for him to write the corresponding number in the margin. Example: 4255 30 20 10 400256300

30 50 6 20076160 600 1 700 7058980 50 500 9 40017770 100 700 7 1061210 200 600 20 212630 20 60 100 6 300
50 4 300 40 50 10 700 200 7 400 600 40 30 5 40 80 2 100 800 900 70 3 20 200

Riddles Level: Primary. 1st cycle. 2nd course. Objectives: Acquire speed and personal strategies for subtraction and addition. Players: It is carried out by
individual form. Game rules: The teacher asks questions like: 'I am thinking of a number. If I add 10, I get 23. What is it?' 'I am thinking of a number. If I add...'
I rest 15 and get 12, what is it? I'm thinking of a number. If I add 5 and then subtract 12, I get 24, what is it? I've thought of the number 40. Then I did a
operation and I have obtained 63 what operation have I done? It is advisable for the student, after giving the answer, to explain the procedure they followed.
to find it. Variants: 1.- Students can play the role of the teacher by asking other students. 2.- Each student writes a secret number. Then
the teacher is giving instructions (add 12, subtract 5, etc). Each student has obtained another number based on their secret number. Next, the teacher asks for a
Student who says what number they have obtained, and the others have to guess what their secret number was. 3.- Multiplications can be included if the level of the group allows it.

Bingo and mental calculation

August 06, 2017 byAna Claudia1 CommentsA+ a-

Didactic proposal: a bingo with additions and subtractions for first cycle students.

In this blog, there are several entries in which it appears

bingo. Due to its simple rules, this game of chance becomes an entertaining activity that can be participated in.
children from a very early age.
Both classic number bingos andother of its variantsthey can be incorporated into the classroom with purposes
educators, within the framework of didactic sequences.
Today's proposal: a bingo of addition and subtraction whose main objective is to strengthen mental calculation through
repertoire "add 1, subtract 1".
Bingo Add 1 - Subtract 1

For this activity, I used 'Bingo addition and subtraction' fromeduludik.comThe game consists of cards.
numbered and cards with addition and subtraction.

Game rules

A card is distributed to each player and the addition and subtraction cards are shuffled. Then one is taken and read. Each
The player observes their board. If it contains the result of the proposed calculation, they cross it out. The game ends when one of
The players shout 'bingo' upon having marked all the numbers on their card.

Considerations didactic

Before playing, it is advisable to explain the rules of the game and conduct an exploration of the cards.

certain regularities and differentiating or the signs

of addition and subtraction.

This proposal aims to expose children to similar calculations (on all cards, one is added or subtracted)
in order for them to find regularities: by adding one you obtain the next of a number and by subtracting one,
the previous one. This knowledge is, for many, a discovery that enables them to replace the strategy of
counting elements by another more economical one, such asutto align the gridto calculate mentally the previous or the next.

Cardboards y cards for download

As the game progresses, a student takes a card and reads it. Together they calculate the result of the
operation and they search for him on his cardboard.

At the end of the game, the strategies used in the debriefing are communicated. A record of them is kept.
posters in the classroom and/or in the notebook.
As a complementary activity, hypothetical plays are analyzed. For example:

Mariana and Pamela are playing the Bingo of sums and subtractions.
Look at their cards and the tickets that have come out so far.
Solve the calculations and indicate who won.