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Area attack
You will need:
A die or number cards 1-6, two different coloured pencils.
Instructions:
Take it in turns to roll a die, twice. Multiply the two numbers together. Colour in a rectangle on the grid below, of that number of squares. The winner is the person who has the most squares coloured in when the grid is completely filled.
For example: Lisa has rolled a 6 and a 2.
This is what Lisa decided to colour:
Pupil’s comments
Parent’s comments
6 x 2 = 12. I need to colour a rectangle which covers 12 squares.
I could colour 4 rows of 3 squares, 3 rows of 4 squares, 6 rows of 2 squares or 2 rows of 6 squares.