Games in Math Expressions
“I completed a 5-year longitudinal study of Everyday Math. I found that many teachers did not
use the Everyday Math Games – which was troublesome since most of the practice opportunities
required for fluency were located there. I did not want to repeat that mistake with Math
Expressions. Our fluency practice is embedded in the daily Quick Practice Activities, the Daily
Activities and accompanying Student Activity Book pages, and in Homework and Remembering.
There are games in Math Expressions – and they are completely integrated into the Teacher’s
Guide and Student Activity Book. With Math Expressions, there is nothing extra to buy if you
want to incorporate games into your instruction.”
~ Dr. Karen Fuson, the author of Math Expressions
Game Title
The Unknown Partner Game
Mother May I
The Hiding Zero Game
The 10-Partners Game
Game Title
7 Partners Game
The Bead Game
Equivalent Equation Game
Match Game
Melon Monster
Number Detective
Number Grabber
Number Quilt Game
One Hundred Ants
The Sandwich Game
Cuckoo Clock Game
Double Trouble
Pile the Bricks
What’s in the Box
Kindergarten
Location in
Teacher’s Guide
Volume 1, page
323
Volume 1, page
340
Volume 2, page
526
Volume 2, page
525
1st Grade
Location in
Teacher’s Guide
Volume 1, page 61
Volume 1, page
378
Volume 1, page
323
Volume 1, page
309
Volume 1, page 71
Volume 1, page 3
Volume 1, page 83
Volume 1, page
161
Volume 1, page
339
Volume 1, page
373
Volume 2, page
650
Volume 2, page
582
Volume 2, page
767
Volume 2, page
762
Count Those Counters
2nd Grade
Location in
Teacher’s Guide
Volume 1, page
369
Volume 1, page 19
Count on Me Game
Volume 1, page 99
Game Title
Addition Tic Tac Toe
Goal/Objective
Identifying partners for 2—6
Using ordinal numbers to describe
position
Seeing tens in teen numbers
Showing 10 partners
Goal/Objective
Identifying partners for the number
seven
Understanding the relationship
between tens and ones
Practice finding two-digit sums
Representing two-digit numbers
Identifying missing partners
Introducing single-digit numbers
Identifying missing numbers in a
series
Identifying correct sums
Counting on to add one and twodigit numbers
Counting into the next set of 100
(decade)
Practice telling time
Writing addition equations
Classifying object and developing
story problems
Solving student-generated story
problems
Goal/Objective
Solving two-digit addition
Practice adding and subtracting
single-digit numbers
Finding totals and partners
Empty the Bowl Game
Equation Word Match
Volume 1, page 57
Volume 1, page 35
Get Five Dimes
Volume 1, page
324
Volume 1, page
147
Volume 1, page
212
Volume 1, page
147
Volume 1, page 25
Volume 1, page
393
Volume 1, page 48
Greatest or Different
Group Loop
Less or Greater
Match Amounts
Match the Coins
Making Totals
New Groups
Number Path Race
Partners of 100
Race the Calculator
Race to 100
Roll and Match
10 partner Match Game
Tic-Tac-Add
Two Digit Addition Spin
What’s My Name
Congruent Shapes
Dive the Deep
Estimate Cubes
Find Unknown Amounts
Fewest Coins
Going Shopping
Greatest Difference
Group and Score
The Jumping Game
Penny Toss Game
Matching Fractions with Pictures
Metric Match
Similar Shapes
Symmetrical Student
Volume 1, page
365
Volume 1, page
358
Volume 1, page
335
Volume 1, page 94
Volume 1, page
311
Volume 1, page 57
Volume 1, page 43
Volume 1, page
327
Volume 1, page
375
Volume 1, page
319
Volume 2, page
673
Volume 2, page
590
Volume 2, page
723
Volume 2, page
651
Volume 2, page
567
Volume 2, page
567
Volume 2, page
793
Volume 2, page
645
Volume 2, page
857
Volume 2, page
857
Volume 2, page
939
Volume 2, page
865
Volume 2, page
673
Volume 2, page
930
Practice single-digit addition
Identifying missing sums and
writing equations
Using models to add two-digit
numbers
Number and operations
Categorize and recognize
classifications
Number and operations
Identifying equalities
Finding equivalencies with monies
Using the guess and check
addition strategy
Practice two-digit addition
Practice addition with totals to 100
Rounding two-digit numbers
Practice addition and subtraction
Adding tens and ones to make new
hundreds
Finding missing variables in
equations
Identifying partners of 10
Solving addition exercises with one
and two-digit numbers
Practice two-digit addition
Writing and identifying numbers in
word form
Identifying congruent shapes
Teen subtraction
Estimation in addition and
subtraction
Number operations
Addition and subtraction with coins
Addition and subtraction with coins
Multi-digit subtraction
Solving multi-digit subtraction
problems
Using metric lengths
Using metric lengths
Identifying fractions
Using centimeters and meters
Identifying geometric shapes
Identifying geometric shapes
Race Time
Regroup to Win
Work Back to the Beginning
Game Title
Addition Shuffle
Build Five
Count It Up
Volume 2, page
939
Volume 2, page
635
Volume 2, page
749
3rd Grade
Location in
Teacher’s Guide
Volume 1, page 43
Volume 1, page 35
Pass the Number
Volume 1, page
301
Volume 1, page
301
Volume 1, page 19
Volume 1, page
199
Volume 1, page
215
Volume 1, page 9
Race to 100
Race to Two Digits
Volume 1, page 9
Volume 1, page 97
The Banking Game
Volume 1, page
295
Volume 1, page 51
Volume 1, page 50
Volume 2, page
493
Volume 2, page
555
Volume 2, page
427
Volume 2, page
467
Volume 2, page
548
Volume 2, page
861
Volume 2, page
787
Volume 2, page
691
Volume 2, page
690
Volume 2, page
671
Volume 2, page
767
Volume 2, page
533
Volume 2, page
532
Volume 2, page
555
Volume 2, page
691
Volume 2, page
Drawing for Dollars
Money Match
More or Fewer Fishing
Multi-digit Addition Race
The Greatest Sum
What’s the Sum
2,5, 9, 10 Multiplication Spin
Connecting Equations
Count by Cross Out
Divide by 2s and 5s
Division Race
Division Tic-Tac-Toe
Equivalent Fractions Match Up
Guess My Number
What’s My Rule
Four Problems Rotate
Fractional Parts
Hex a Product
Multiplication and Division Game
Who’s Product is Higher
Two-digit Predictor
Take the Tens
Time measures
Estimate solutions to addition and
subtraction problems
Practice multi-digit subtraction
Goal/Objective
Practice multi-digit addition
Place value with three-digit
numbers
3-digit addition with money
3-digit addition with money
Addition using money
Making more and fewer matches
Practice multi-digit addition
Using words to write three-digit
numbers
Addition with three-digit numbers
Applying methods of subtracting
three digit numbers
Writing and solving word problems
with coins
Practice multi-digit addition
Practice multi-digit addition
Practice multiplication of one and
two-digit numbers
Solving equations
Practice multiplication using countbys
Practice division
Practice division with multi-digit
numbers
Practice solving division problems
Identifying equivalent fractions
Using inverse operations to solve
division problems
Identifying rules using a function
table
Number and operations
Identifying fractions
Number and operations
Using inverse operations
Estimation with multiplication
Estimation with multiplication
Practice multiplication
Square Number Cube Toss
Game Title
Black Out
Draw Models
Five in a Line
Go Fish
High Card Wins
Multiplication Match Up
Quotient Match
Round, Round, Round
Temperature Pairs
Decimal Number Scramble
Estimation Game
Four Decimal Numbers Game
How Close Can You Get
Make Large Fractions
Match the Decimals and Descriptions
Decimal Number Scramble
Timed Fractions
Who Has the Larger Decimal
Number
Game Title
Comparing Game
Cover the Field
Factor the Footprints
Fraction Match-up
Greatest Product Game
Simpler Fraction
The Factor Field
The Predict and Verify Game
629
Volume 2, page
655
4th Grade
Location in
Teacher’s Guide
Volume 1, page
109
Volume 1, page
545
Volume 1, page
155
Volume 1, page
489
Volume 1, page 5354
Volume 1, page
459
Volume 1, page 24
Volume 1, page
299
Volume 1, page
597
Volume 2, page
915
Volume 2, page
959
Volume 2, page
883
Volume 2, page
815
Volume 2, page
771
Volume 2, page
915
Volume 2, page
915
Volume 2, page
781
Volume 2, page
897
5th Grade
Location in
Teacher’s Guide
Volume 1, page
361
Volume 1, page 67
Volume 1, page 94
Volume 1, page
423
Volume 1, page 62
Volume 1, page
439
Volume 1, page 64
Volume 1, page
121
Solving multiplication equations
with the correct product
Goal/Objective
Practice multiplication and division
Solving two-digit multiplication
problems
Practice multiplication and division
Estimating products
Practice multiplication and division
Solve multiplication and area
problems
Solving division problems
Rounding four-digit numbers
Using metric measures
Comparing values of decimals
Estimation with area and volume
Writing decimals to hundredths
Estimation with decimals
Identifying fractions
Writing sentences to describe
decimals
Making decimals to the
thousandths
Identifying fractions
Writing decimals and identifying
value of decimals
Goal/Objective
Comparing fractions
Practice division
Identifying factors
Comparing fractions
Estimation with multiplication and
division
Identifying equivalent fractions
Identifying factors of two-digit
numbers
Predicting the area of a rectangle