Online Spinner 1-6

6 Value Online Spinner Game

This online game spinner
1 game board (Draw one up)
1 counter
2 players

Place a counter on the number 14.
Assign Player One the role of ‘plus’ and Player Two the role of ‘minus’.
Player One goes first and chooses if they spin the game spinner once, twice or not at all. Next, they add together the scores from their spins and move the counter that many places towards the number 27.
Player Two then faces the same decision over how many times to spin, but this time the counter is moved towards the number 1.
Play continues in this fashion until the counter lands on either 1 or 27.

‘Plus’ wins by landing their counter exactly on number 27, whilst ‘minus’ wins by landing the counter exactly on number 1.

Encourage students to think ahead when it is their turn – how many spins will give them the best chance of hitting their target?
Encourage students to mentally calculate where the counter will be moved to before moving it, rather than just counting on.
Project this game spinner on a wall with the technology you have available in your classroom e..g. a data projector, interactive whiteboard or TV.

Explore negative numbers by altering your game board, to start with the number -13 and end with the number 13. 0 is the starting midpoint.
Spin the spinner twice. Players add the two numbers together or find the difference between them.