This game is an old favourite. I used to play it when I was at school! It is good as a mental maths or early finishers task. They will be working on area, perimeter, addition and multiplication, all in one game!
Area Dice Game
•A game for 2 or 3 players.
•Each player chooses a colour pencil or texta they will use in the game.
•Players take turns rolling the dice, using the numbers that they rolled to draw the perimeter of a rectangle or square & writing the area in the middle of the shape.
•Game ends when players run out of room to draw.
•Winner is the player who has used the largest area/most squares