Division Drag Race Board Game

Looking for a fun way to practice long division with remainders? Create a board game to race cars to the finish.

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  Use Crayola Markers and a ruler to create a drag race course on large paper or poster board. Make same-size tracks for cars to move along from the start to finish line. Be sure each lane has the same number of spaces!

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  Build cars for your game with Crayola Model Magic®. Press and indent areas to create just the car shape you want. Roll and flatten small pieces to make bumpers, lights, or steering wheels, for example. Air-dry the cars for 24 hours.

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  Cut paper cards for your game with Crayola Scissors. On each card, write a division problem with Crayola Markers. When a player solves the division problem, that person’s car may move the number of spaces shown in the remainder of the solution. Make enough division problem cards so each game will be different, including a few without remainders!

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  Cover your art area with newspaper. With Crayola Premier™ Tempera Paints, decorate your drag racers.

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  When the paint is dry, cover the colors with Crayola Pearl It! Tempera Mixing Medium to give the paint a shimmer. Cover unpainted Model Magic with Pearl It! to give it a light-reflective glass or metal look. Air-dry the paint.

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  Play the game. Line up your cars at the start. Take turns solving division problems. Find the remainder and then move your car the same number of spaces as the remainder. First car to the finish wins the race!

Benefits

• Students plan and design a math game board with rules.
• Students create unique drag-race cars using problem-solving skills and modeling and painting techniques.
• Students solve division problems with remainders to play a cooperative game.

Adaptations

• Begin with simple division problems (two-digit divided by one digit). Increase the difficulty of the division problems as your skills improve. Use Crayola Dry-Erase Markers and white boards to solve the problems by hand at first. Then solve division probl
• Drag racers use special equipment and techniques to get their cars to perform. Learn some division tricks to help you find your answers more quickly…like how to know if a number can be divided evenly by 3 just by adding up the sum of the digits!
• Assessment: Observe children at play to assess division skills. Identify areas of need: basic math facts, learning the process of long division, figuring out which number is the remainder. Assess behavioral strengths such as taking turns, communication, and cooperation.