Hello, Internet.

So recently in math we’ve been working on alegebra, polynomials, and algebra tiles. We learned three main things: expanding, factoring, and perfect squares. Then we, working in partners, had to put these things into a game.

 

This was the criteria for the game:

 

We went through several sets of rules in order to meet this criteria, but these were the rules we ended up with:

 

GAME RULES:

Cards: x, -x, 1, -1
Materials needed: pencil, paper, algebra cards, dice
Rules:
– roll dice. Number on dice = number of cards you pull
– randomly position cards on grid
– roll dice again to assign ‘x’ a value
– solve equation
– answer to equation = score
– 5 turns each per round
– BONUS: In case of a perfect square, square your current score
(If game is too simple, increase number of dice to 2)

 

Based on these rules, we created game pieces and recorded a video of us actually playing the game, as is shown below.

All in all, I think we did an alright job of incorporating the skills into our game. However, it could have been a lot better.

 

Toodles.