Math Intervention 3–5 Grade

Multiplication and Division Concepts 123

Cookies for My Friends

A game designed to build the concept

of repeated subtraction division

Materials:

Q^ 10 paper plates

Q^ 100 counting chips

Q^ Cookie Cards cut apart and placed in a cup

Q^ Paper and pencil (or dry erase board and

marker) for each player

Directions:

1. The fi rst player chooses a random cookie card from the cup.
   The player gathers this many counting chips to represent
   cookies.


2. The player reads how many cookies each friend gets and
   begins subtracting out sets of cookies represented by chips.
   The player places sets of cookies on plates. Other players
   consider how many friends will share the cookies/how many
   plates will be used/how many times the divisor can be
   subtracted. The other players race to draw a picture of what
   the model will look like when complete.


3. The fi rst person who completes an accurate illustration scores
   one point. Note: The player modeling the repeated subtraction with
   chips and plates does not try to score.


4. Players take turns choosing cookie cards, modeling different
   repeated subtraction scenarios, and illustrating the models.


5. The winner is the fi rst player to earn ten points.

Content Differentiation:

Moving Back: Use fi rst fi ve rows of cookie cards.

Moving Ahead: Make your own cookie cards. Try remainders.

PLAYERS:

3 OR MORE