This rational numbers board game focuses on teaching the basic rules for understanding rational numbers. Since rational numbers are expressed as p/q, students will practice identifying appropriate values for both p and q. They must be integers, and q cannot equal zero. The game allows students to move forward on the game board only when they can correctly categorize a number as p, q, both, or neither.
This board game helps students practice identifying rational numbers by looking at their decimal representations. Students will draw a card containing a decimal and have to quickly decide if it represents a rational number. For example, if a student receives a card with 1.75 on it, they must either say rational number or deceptive decimal. The student can move forward on the game board each time they decide correctly.
Since a rational number is essentially a ratio, students can use this game to practice identifying rational numbers by matching them to the appropriate ratio. The students will begin with five cards and draw a new card each turn. Each student will roll the dice to move forward on the board. They earn points when they match one of their rational number cards to the ratio they occupy on the board. The student with the most points wins.
A rational number is written as a simplified fraction. In this game, students practice simplifying fractions to find the rational number. Students receive a token with a fraction on it each turn. They earn one point if they correctly identify the fraction as rational or not simplified. They earn an additional point by simplifying or "shrinking" the fraction if it is required to make the number rational. The students move forward on the board each time they earn a point.