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Students take turns generating factors and filling in a grid to represent the product. They play until no more rectangles will fit on the grid. At the end of the game, each student finds their filled-in area of the grid. The player with the greater total square units wins.
Colored pencils, crayons, or markers
Number cubes
Small cube that has one of the numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 on each face.
Paper clips
Rectangle Rumble Stage 1 Gameboard
Rectangle Rumble Stage 1 Spinner
Students take turns spinning a spinner (1, 2, 5, and 10), rolling a number cube, and finding the product of the two numbers. Then students shade in a rectangular area on a \(10 \times 10\) grid to represent the product. If their product won’t fit on the gameboard, they roll and spin again. Students play until the grid can hold no more rectangles. The partner with the greater total square units wins.
Each group of 2 students needs 1 paperclip, 1 number cube and 2 different color writing utensils.
Colored pencils, crayons, or markers
Number cubes
Small cube that has one of the numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 on each face.
Paper clips
Rectangle Rumble Stage 2 Gameboard
Rectangle Rumble Stage 2 Spinner
Students take turns spinning a spinner (1–5), rolling a number cube, and finding the product of the two numbers. Then students shade in a rectangular area on a \(15 \times 15\) grid to represent the product. If their product won’t fit on the gameboard, they roll and spin again. Students play until the grid can hold no more rectangles. The partner with the greater total square units wins.
Colored pencils, crayons, or markers
Paper clips
Rectangle Rumble Stage 3 Gameboard
Rectangle Rumble Stage 3 Spinners
Students take turns spinning two spinners (1–5, 6–10) and finding the product of the two numbers. Then students shade in a rectangular area on a \(20 \times 20\) grid to represent the product. If their product won’t fit on the gameboard, they spin again. Students play until the grid can hold no more rectangles. The partner with the greater total square units wins.
Each group of 2 students needs 2 paper clips and 2 different color writing utensils.
Colored pencils, crayons, or markers
Number cubes
Small cube that has one of the numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 on each face.
Paper clips
Rectangle Rumble Stage 4 Gameboard
Rectangle Rumble Stage 4 Spinner
Students take turns spinning the spinner (fractions with denominators of 3, 6, or 12), rolling a number cube, and finding the product of the two numbers. Then students shade in a rectangular area on a grid to represent the product. If their product won’t fit on the gameboard, they roll and spin again. Students play until the grid can hold no more rectangles. The partner with the greater total square units wins.
The grid is \(24 \times 24\) and represents 16 square units.
Each group of 2 students needs 1 paper clip, 1 number cube, and 2 different color writing utensils.
Colored pencils, crayons, or markers
Number cubes
Small cube that has one of the numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 on each face.
Paper clips
Rectangle Rumble Stage 5 Gameboard
Rectangle Rumble Stage 5 Spinners
Students take turns spinning the spinner ( \(\frac{1}{2}\), \(\frac{1}{4}\), \(\frac {1}{5}\), \(\frac{1}{10}\), and \(\frac{1}{20}\)), rolling a number cube, and finding the product of the two numbers. Then students shade in a rectangular area on a grid to represent the product. If their product won’t fit on the gameboard, they roll and spin again. Students play until the grid can hold no more rectangles. The partner with the greater total square units wins.
The grid is \(20 \times 20\) and represents 1 square unit.
Each group of 2 students needs 1 paper clip, 1 number cube, and 2 different color writing utensils.