To prepare this card game, make a deck of about 25 cards that contain both a number and a different multiplication problem. Pass out one card to each student and choose one player to read the card first. For example, one card might say "I have 36. Who has 9 x 3?" The student whose card says "I have 27" would read hers next. The second student's card would also have a multiplication problem on it, and he reads it aloud, such as "Who has 4 x 5?" All players would listen to the problem and check their card to see if they have the answer. Play continues until the chain reaches the first student again. Once students understand how the game works, challenge them to go through the chain in a given time limit, such as five minutes.
Prepare game boards with a three-by-three grid and fill in each square with a multiplication problem. Students will work in partners to play a game of tick-tack-toe. Give each student different-colored markers or game pieces. Each player must answer the multiplication problem before placing his piece on the square. The object of the game is to place three game pieces in a row. When a student answers the multiplication problem, the partner must check the answer and may challenge the player if he believes the answer is incorrect. The players must get the problem correct in order to place their piece on the game board.
Prepare a deck of cards in which some cards have multiplication problems and some have answers on them. For example, one card might say 4 x 3 and another card would have a 12 on it. Shuffle the cards and deal them all out to the players, who will lay their stack of cards facedown in front of them. Each player takes a turn turning over the top card from his pile and placing it in the middle of the table. When a player puts down a card that has the same value as the card before his, players call out "Snap!" and slap their hand on the table. The first player to do this gets to pick up the whole pile of cards. Cards that have the same value might be problems and their answers, two different problems that equal the same number or cards with the same answer on them.
Prepare a large grid on the floor with tape or on pavement using sidewalk chalk. Write the answers to several multiplication problems in each square, such as the answers to the seven times table. Students form a single-file line. Two players stand outside the grid, and a caller says a multiplication problem. The two players think of the answer and try to be the first one to jump to the square marked with that number. The player who jumped to the correct square first stays to play again, and the next person in line moves up to play against him.