5th grade math activities

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Materials Needed:  A deck of cards for each player.  Two players required

Multiplication War
1.  Decide upon values for the face cards.  These can vary depending on your 
goals.  For example  Jack=11, Queen=12, King=0, Ace=1 and leave the jokers 
out.
2.  Students play in pairs.  Begin by shuffling the deck and dealing all 
cards out to the two players.  This game is played quite similarly to 
traditional "war".
3.  The players each turn a card over at the same time.  The first person to 
correctly state the product they see wins the two cards.  (For example 9 
times 2 is 18.)
4.  If there is a tie in naming the product "war" begins.  Each player 
places 2 cards face down, then they simultaneously turn 1 card face up.  
This continues until one of the players is quicker in giving the number 
sentence and product.  The winner gets to keep all cards that were placed on 
the table.  
5.  Play ends when either player has all the cards or after an allotted 
time.  The winner is the player with the most cards.

Eight Equivalents
Materials  number cube

Step 1  Create a fraction by tossing the number cube two times and putting 
the lesser number as the numerator.

Step 2  Take turns naming equivalent fractions until there are 6 fractions.

Step 3  Start again by tossing the number cube to make a new fraction.

Ocho equivalentes
Materiales dado

Paso 1  Lance el dado dos veces para crear una fraccion.  El numero menor 
sera el numerador.

Paso 2  Por turnos, nombren fracciones equivalentes hasta completar 6 
fracciones

Paso 3  Lancen el dado de nuevo para formar una nueva fraccion.