Making metric conversions is a difficult concept to master. Get in some extra practice by playing this Tic-Tac-Toe game with your middle school student. Select a square and perform the conversion inside. For each correct answer, a player can claim a space on the board. Battle for control of the board, trying to claim as many spaces as possible!
What You Need:
What You Do:
- Decide which player will use Xs and which player will use Os.
- Take turns selecting boxes and solving the conversion problems within them.
- If a player solves a problem correctly, they may claim that box by putting either an X or an O in it. For each correct conversion, a player also earns 100 points.
- When a player gets a "tic-tac-toe," by claiming four boxes in a row either vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, they earn an additional 100 points.
- Play until all of the spaces have been claimed. The player who has earned the most points is the winner.
Math Review:
Use the following information to help with your conversions.
- 1 m = 10 dm (For example, 4 m x 10 = 40 dm)
- 1 m = 100 cm (For example, 4 m x 100 = 400 cm)
- 1 m = 1000 mm (For example, 4 m x 1000 = 4000 cm)
- 100 m = 1 hm (For example, 4 m / 100 = .04 hm)
- 1000 m = 1 km (For example, 4 m / 1000 = .004 km)
Variation:
Create your own game board! (Print out a blank game board here.)
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