Math Games with Bad Drawings: 75 1/4 Simple, Challenging, Go-Anywhere Games―And Why They Matter

Full of fun, simple number games that you can play when bored or share with students in the classroom. Make downtime in the classroom educational without feeling like practice! My 6th grade math students go nuts for these games. We've adopted a dozen into our normal classroom exercises. It's such a value for all that is included.

So many FUN games and tricks! The math concepts are challenging and accessible to a wide range of ages and abilities!

My 10-year kid says it’s very very interesting and fun to play with lots of games inside.

My son loves this book a lot! He can’t stop reading for hours! If your kid loves numbers and math, it’s a must read book!

We really enjoyed this set and the full “math games with bad drawings” book as a guide. I spent an hour plus with my nine-year-old and 11-year-old playing a bunch of the games. Having the dry marker and the boards was really helpful, and cut down the time setting up the games. One star off for the very crappy quality of the dry erase markers that will likely only last another hour. Seriously, you can’t spend another dollar on better quality markers?

A fantastic book for kids (and adults!) looking to learn and enjoy a little "off grid" math. Once you've learned them, the games make for fantastic entertainment while traveling or passing time. Highly recommend.

This book is just fun - both the games and the writing! These games involve the deep level logical thinking that is at the heart of mathematics - it is not basic arithmetic games. Even if you don't play a single game, the book is so witty, entertaining and insightful that it's worth reading anyway. I found parts laugh out loud funny. I bought this book the day before our family went on a trip, but I didn't get to read it as much as intended because my twelve year old son confiscated it and read it cover-to-cover. This book turned out to be a perfect travel companion - my family played games like Quantum Go-Fish, Dandelions, Win-Lose-Banana, Quantum Tic-Tac-Toe and Sprouts in the car and at the airport. Even my eight year old son has requested to play these games again and has gotten our family playing Quantum Go Fish at dinner. Read the book because it's interesting, play the games because they're fun, and find yourself smarter in the end - the way all good learning happen.

I teach middle school and high school mathematics. One of my students' parents mentioned this book to me. It looked intriguing so I got a copy. Spoiler alert: It has been revolutionary in my math teaching. The games are very easily explained, even to squirrely seventh-graders, who can start playing almost right away but soon discover what appears to be a simple game actually has lots of twists and turns and strategies. I just finished playing one with a group of 30 kids (the combination game "Neighbors") and it was a huge success. We played three games and the kids' strategies completely changed by the end of the third game. You could watch their minds take in information, think it over, and come up with new plans. At the end, a student said, "That was so much fun! We should do that every Friday!" I agree with the author that current math curriculum is dreadfully boring. This book of games brings the beauty and joy of math back into the classroom. I especially love how he relates the games to real-world situations which require similar thought processes. I feel it should be part of everyone's math curriculum. Heck, it should be part of every curriculum; it covers ideas in science, statistics, government, physics, and more! If you are a teacher, you won't be disappointed.

My fifteen-year-old son loved this!

Vabbè, Ben Orlin e i suoi disegni brutti non hanno bisogno di presentazioni. I giochi qui presenti (non sono davvero 75 1/4: alla fine c'è tutta la spiegazione di come è arrivato a quel numero) mi erano in parte noti ma generalmente sconosciuti: Orlin si muove nel sottile crinale tra non spiegare assolutamente le possibili strategie e dare troppe spiegazioni. La struttura secondo me è anche ottima, non tanto per la suddivisione in capitoli a seconda della matematica che sta dietro il gioco quanto per le variazioni indicate alla fine di ogni gioco e che spesso sono giochi dalla strategia completamente diversa. Ma soprattutto quella che mi è piaciuta è la parte "perché è importante" alla fine della spiegazione di ogni gioco. Spesso quando giochiamo non vogliamo farci tanti problemi: ma se uno è un matematico dentro, a volte i problemi sono più divertenti del gioco stesso, e sapere quali sono i temi matematici toccati può essere utile. Ricordo che esiste anche la scatola con gli strumenti per giocare, se uno è un collezionista :-)

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Easy enough for young kids (probably 5 and up) to learn and play but challenging enough for adults to enjoy a good game. Most of the games are quick to learn (a couple rules to learn) and just as quick to play. Most of the games are based on logic and not math skills so even non-math fans can enjoy. All the pieces make up a nice kit to play every game.

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