Birthday Number Munchers
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Listening Beginner 2 or more players |
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Objective
This is a counting game for telling someones exact age. The game is popular at parties and help students practice the four basic math operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division).
See Also: Math Number Muchers and Number Munchers
Instructions
1. Use a calculator or ask a student in the class to do the sums on a piece of paper. Begin the game by asking students to write down the number of the month in which they were born (1 for January - 12 for December). This is an example for a 34 year old student who is born in July:
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2. From the above example the total is 734. The students age (34 years old) is on the right, while the month the student is born on (July on the 7th month) is on the left. You can get the class to do the same calculation with their peers, the result is always 100% accurate provided they get your sums right.