Roll a Number Dice Activity for Practicing Absolute Value, Opposite, Reciprocal, as well as Opposite Reciprocal

I mean value I'm almost lastly done sharing activities to review absolute value, opposite, reciprocal, too contrary reciprocal. This was a novel science add-on this year, too then I had to start from scratch amongst making review activities!

To sympathize my rationale for this activity, yous kinda ask to know what my SBG quiz for this science looked like. The quiz was inwards ii sections. Here's the showtime section:

I decided I wanted students to do this, but I didn't desire to simply laissez passer on them do problems. I wanted them to coil dice (affiliate link) to determine their do problems.

So, I ready to making materials to brand this happen.

I created die templates for students to position their rolled die on to cast numbers.

Next, I created a eleven x 17 template that I decided to telephone telephone "Roll a Number." I printed each template on 11 x 17 bill of fare stock (affiliate link) too slid it inwards an 11 x 17 dry out erase pocket (affiliate link).

Once each grouping had a dry out erase template, dice, too deck of coil a discover cards, it was fourth dimension to start.

Roll a die. This volition determine which box yous volition start with.

Set your locomote out on the appropriate discover too then your instructor tin laissez passer on the sack to a greater extent than easily banking firm check your operate later!

Flip over the transcend bill of fare from your deck of dice/number cards.

Place this bill of fare inwards the prison theater cellular telephone of the tabular array that corresponds to the discover yous rolled on the locomote out earlier. If students rolled a six, I got to select ane for them!

The discover of boxes on your bill of fare tells yous the discover of additional die that must live rolled. In my case, two!

Place the die inwards the empty boxes to cast a number.

If yous weren't lucky plenty to coil a 1 too learn the master number, it's straightaway fourth dimension to figure out the master number. Be careful here. If yous mess this up, there's a skillful endangerment you'll mess upward the entire problem!

Now that I know the master number, I tin laissez passer on the sack easily abide by the absolute value!

I tin laissez passer on the sack besides abide by the reciprocal.

And the contrary reciprocal.

Once the boxes are all filled out, it's fourth dimension to enhance your paw too convey your instructor banking firm check your answers.

There is ane flaw inwards the activity that I did convey to warn students about. It is possible to coil a 2 for absolute value too line a negative die card. Eek!

We talked nearly this possibility too the importance of changing the bill of fare to a positive (easy cheers to lamination)!

This activity gave my students lots of do too led to lots of slap-up conversations. There were many misconceptions that ended upward surfacing that had to live dealt with.

Here are some activity shots: