The clapping game is a fun way for students to review and practice
the multiplication tables.
To play:
- Have students stand behind their chairs.
- Choose a times table for the round (for example, the 6-times table).
- In turn, have students name numbers beginning with one, until coming
to a number which is a product in the selected times table. In that case,
the student should clap instead of saying the number. The count-off for
the 6 times table would begin as follows: 1,2,3,4,5, clap,7,8,9,10,11, clap,
etc. - Have students continue counting around the class until the ending
number for the round has been reached (for example 6x12=72). This ending
number should be decided upon before the round begins depending upon the
level of the students. - If a student incorrectly claps, or,names a number which should
be clapped, he must sit out for the rest of the round. - Continue to practice products of various times tables in this manner.
times table as above, and add a clap for any number that also contains the
chosen times table numeral. In this variation for the example of the 6-
times table, students would also clap for any number that contained a 6,
even if it was not in the 6-times table: 1,2,3,4,5, clap,7,8,9,10,11, clap, 13,14,15,
clap (l6 has a 6), l7,clap, etc.
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