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GUESS THE NUMBER 1

• Children work in groups of 6.
• The objective of the game is to see which child can guess
the total number of bricks.
• In a group of 6 children the highest number of bricks will be 6
x 6 = 36.
• Each child must stack their bricks and place them on their
laps, under the table, so that the other children cannot see
them. Each child then snaps off either 0 to 6 bricks and
places them in the right hand. (Hide these from the rest of the
group.)
• Once each child has their selected number of bricks in their
right hand they then guess what the total number of bricks
(from all children) will be. They say this number out to the
group.
• Each child, one by one, reveals the number of bricks in their
right hand. The group will count the number all together.
• The child whose guess is the closest is the winner. The
winner of each game places one brick in front of them
and this represents the number of times he / she has won.
It also now reduces the total number of bricks in the game
and children will have to use subtraction and addition to
ultimately guess the number of bricks in everyone’s
right hand. GUESS THE
• Each time a child wins, he / she will place
a brick on the table in a stack. NUMBER 2
• The first child in the class to have
6 bricks stacked is the ultimate
winner of the game.
• Children work in groups of 4 - 6
• Each child has 2 bricks in their lap, unseen by
the others in the group.
• Each child covers any number of studs on the
bottom brick using the other brick.
• Children take turns to guess how many studs
have been covered by the whole group.
• Play a couple of rounds before determining the
champion!

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