Description
Party with Decimal Partner Games
Turn decimal review into a party with this Party With Decimals Partner Games resource! Students practice converting decimals to fractions, adding and subtracting decimals, and ordering decimals with 3 engaging partner games. Perfect for 4th & 5th grade math centers, small groups, spiral review, test prep, and early finishers!
These hands-on math games turn decimal review into friendly competition while giving students the opportunity to learn/review with essential decimal skills.
Perfect for:
- 4th Grade Math Centers
- 5th Grade Math Centers
- Decimal Units
- Decimal Review
- Partner Math Games
- Small-Group Instruction
- Guided Math
- Math Stations
- Early Finishers
- Intervention
- Spiral Review
- Test Prep
- Fun Friday
- Sub Plans
Students work with a partner, solve decimal problems, check their thinking, and use their answers to compete in entertaining game formats such as 4-in-a-row and tic-tac-toe.
What’s Included?
This resource includes 3 different decimal partner games:
Disco Decimals to Fractions
Students select decimals from the game board and determine the equivalent fraction or mixed number. Correct answers allow players to claim spaces as they race to get 4 in a row.
Students practice:
- Converting decimals to fractions
- Converting decimals greater than one to mixed numbers
- Understanding decimal and fraction equivalence
- Working with tenths and hundredths
An answer key is included for easy checking.
Celebration: Add & Subtract Decimals
Students use real-world-style mountain heights measured in kilometers to calculate the sum or difference between two decimal numbers. They then locate their answer on the game board and color the corresponding square. The first player to get 3 squares in a line wins!
Students practice:
- Adding decimals
- Subtracting decimals
- Finding sums and differences
- Applying decimal operations in context
- Showing mathematical work
A student recording sheet is included so students can show their calculations.
Tasty Tic-Tac-Toe: Ordering Decimals
Partners draw decimal cards containing three numbers and arrange the decimals from least to greatest. Correctly ordering the numbers earns the player a mark on the tic-tac-toe board.
Students practice:
- Comparing decimal values
- Ordering decimals from least to greatest
- Understanding decimal place value
- Carefully analyzing tenths and hundredths
A recording sheet and answer key are included.
Skills Practiced
Students will practice:
- Adding decimals
- Subtracting decimals
- Comparing decimals
- Ordering decimals
- Converting decimals to fractions
- Converting decimals greater than one to mixed numbers
- Understanding decimal place value
- Recognizing equivalent decimal and fraction representations
- Solving decimal problems in context
- Showing mathematical reasoning
- Working cooperatively with a partner
For repeated use, print the game boards on cardstock and laminate them or place them inside dry-erase sleeves. Students can use dry-erase markers to play again and again.
The resource also includes color and printer-friendly black-and-white versions of applicable game materials, making it easy to choose what works best for your classroom.
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