Loop Around   
Click to play!
Loop around is a game for students to practice their mental math skills. 
No pencil or paper required! 
Just print out this link, cut out the cards, give one to each student, and play! 

How do we play?

 
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here are 40 cards on 10 pages.  Print and cut the 40 cards.  If you use thick paper or lamenate them they will last for a long time! 
  • Distribute all 40 cards amongst the class.  Some students may need to take two cards. 
  • Start with asking which student has the card that says, "I have 16."
  • Ask the student to read the problem on the card. 
  • Whatever student has the answer reads their card. 
  • The game continues as such until it Loops Around back to the numbe

What do students need
to know to play?
  • This game has been made for a class at an advanced 5th Grade level.  It would be a great game to use toward the end of the year. 
  • Students will need to already have learned
    • Adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers.
    • Multiplying and dividing
    • Fractions
    • Percentages
    • Exponents

What California State Standards are covered?
 
5th Grade Number Sense:

  • Standard 1.2- Interpret percents as a part of a hundred; find decimal and percent equivalents for common fractions and explain why they represent the same value; compute a given percent of a whole number. 
  • Standard 1.4- Determine the prime factor of all numbers through 50 and write the numbers as the product of their prime factors using exponents to show multiples of a factor. 
  • Standard 2.1- Add, subtract, multiply and divide with decimals; add with negative integers; subtract positive integers from negative integers; and verify the reasonableness of the results. 

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California State Mathematics Standards