Multiplication Game Hex

2 Times Table to 12 Times Table Games

Multiplication Game – Hex

Hex is a two-player abstract strategy game. This version has multiplication fact practice built into the gameplay.

What you Need:

Aim:

Multiplication Games – How to Win

How to Play:

1. Decide who is going first. This player plays across the board horizontally i.e. they are trying to make a continuous line of counters left to right.
2. Player 1 places a counter randomly on the board.
3. Player 2 then places a counter on any vacant hexagon in an attempt to block Player One’s progress. NB Player 2 is attempting to make a continuous line of counters from top to bottom of the board. between the orange sides of the board.
4. Players take turns placing counters until one player makes a continuous line.

How to Win:

Tables Game – How to Win

Items of Note:

Variation:

Before the Game:

Tables Game – What is Included

After the Game:

– It has been mathematically proven the player who goes first has an advantage. How do you think mathematicians would work this out?
– Being able to swap numbers over and still get the same answer is known as the Commutative Law. Many people think it is important to know this law. Why might that be?
– Why might mathematicians have invented this name?

– Does the knowledge in this game stand up to the ‘So what!’ challenge? i.e. you just spent part of your life practicing this, where will you ever use it? NB Answers relating to money are the easy way out. What more have you got? hehehe

Strategy Experiments:

– The second player copies (mirrors) the first player’s moves. What effect does this have on the game? Test it out to see what happens. Could this be a useful strategy?
– Player 2 does a completely random move, to begin with, & then copies Player One’s moves.
– What if Player One notices Player Two is copying moves? Could a completely random move have an effect on the game’s outcome?
– It is said that this game cannot have a draw. Is this true? How might mathematicians work this out?

Included in this Game:

– 11 Full-Color Boards (2 Times Table to 12 Times Table)
– 11 Low Color Boards (2 Times Table to 12 Times Table)
– A PowerPoint version with all color boards included for easy introduction and discussion of the game.

– A Playable Video Game for Windows
– 1 Set of Teaching Notes