Checking Account

 The Checking Account Game 

Purpose: To add and subtract decimals 
Materials

• Number cube
• Game markers
• Calculator 

Game Rules:

• Each player starts with a balance of $250.
• Players take turns tossing the number cube and moving around the game board.
• They subtract and add amounts in their check register as they land on each square.
• Opponents use a calculator to check each operation.
• If a player makes a mistake, he or she loses a turn.
• The first player to reach Finish with more than one dollar wins the game. 

Student's shared: "It is real fun and hard to do." "Hard because it had big numbers."