Mathsational

I previously wrote about using the card game WAR as a wad to practice math skills.  Rather than using a standard deck of cards, simply make your own cards containing questions that have numerical solutions, then play as usual.  You can read the original post for more details.  In that post, I shared two versions of the game. One for exponent rules and one for evaluating logarithms . Here are a few more versions that you can use.  Be sure to share if you create any of your own :) Kindergarten - Numbers to 20 WAR Grade 4 - Milligrams, Grams, Kilograms WAR Grade 6 - One Step Equations WAR Algebra 1 - LCM & GCF WAR Algebra 2 - Powers of e WAR

This practice structure involves solving problems with quick mental math and comparing solutions.  I have found several math war games online and played them with my students.  Whether solving 1 step equations with pre-algebra students or practicing unit circle trig values with pre-cal students, my students always love this game. This year I played this version of war to review exponent rules with my algebra 2 students. Here are the directions that I used for the exponent rules version of war. I will be playing  this  version by  Kate Nowak  soon to practice mental evaluation of logarithms.  If you have other ideas for using war in your math class, please share.  I'm especially interested in geometry and algebra activities.