Roll A Release Die Action For Practicing Absolute Value, Opposite, Reciprocal, In Addition To Contrary Reciprocal

I intend I'm almost lastly done sharing activities to review absolute value, opposite, reciprocal, in addition to contrary reciprocal. This was a novel science add-on this year, in addition to thus I had to start from scratch alongside making review activities!

To sympathise my rationale for this activity, you lot kinda take away to know what my SBG quiz for this science looked like. The quiz was inward 2 sections. Here's the commencement section:

I decided I wanted students to practise this, but I didn't desire to only plough over them practise problems. I wanted them to ringlet dice (affiliate link) to determine their practise problems.

So, I ready to making materials to brand this happen.

I created die templates for students to position their rolled die on to shape numbers.

Next, I created a eleven x 17 template that I decided to telephone phone "Roll a Number." I printed each template on 11 x 17 bill of fare stock (affiliate link) in addition to slid it inward an 11 x 17 dry out erase pocket (affiliate link).

Once each grouping had a dry out erase template, dice, in addition to deck of ringlet a release cards, it was fourth dimension to start.

Roll a die. This volition determine which box you lot volition start with.

Set your decease on the appropriate release in addition to thus your instructor tin to a greater extent than easily banking concern check your function later!

Flip over the move past times bill of fare from your deck of dice/number cards.

Place this bill of fare inward the prison theater mobile telephone of the tabular array that corresponds to the release you lot rolled on the decease earlier. If students rolled a six, I got to conduct ane for them!

The release of boxes on your bill of fare tells you lot the release of additional die that must live rolled. In my case, two!

Place the die inward the empty boxes to shape a number.

If you lot weren't lucky plenty to ringlet a 1 in addition to larn the master number, it's forthwith fourth dimension to figure out the master number. Be careful here. If you lot mess this up, there's a proficient conduct a opportunity you'll mess upwards the entire problem!

Now that I know the master number, I tin easily uncovering the absolute value!

I tin likewise uncovering the reciprocal.

And the contrary reciprocal.

Once the boxes are all filled out, it's fourth dimension to enhance your paw in addition to bring your instructor banking concern check your answers.

There is ane flaw inward the activity that I did bring to warn students about. It is possible to ringlet a 2 for absolute value in addition to depict a negative die card. Eek!

We talked nigh this possibility in addition to the importance of changing the bill of fare to a positive (easy cheers to lamination)!

This activity gave my students lots of practise in addition to led to lots of cracking conversations. There were many misconceptions that ended upwards surfacing that had to live dealt with.

Here are some activity shots:

You tin download the files for this activity here.