Math Games with Bad Drawings: 75 1/4 Simple, Challenging, Go-Anywhere Games―And Why They Matter

So many FUN games and tricks! The math concepts are challenging and accessible to a wide range of ages and abilities!

A fantastic book for kids (and adults!) looking to learn and enjoy a little "off grid" math. Once you've learned them, the games make for fantastic entertainment while traveling or passing time. Highly recommend.

Full of fun, simple number games that you can play when bored or share with students in the classroom. Make downtime in the classroom educational without feeling like practice! My 6th grade math students go nuts for these games. We've adopted a dozen into our normal classroom exercises. It's such a value for all that is included.

I teach middle school and high school mathematics. One of my students' parents mentioned this book to me. It looked intriguing so I got a copy. Spoiler alert: It has been revolutionary in my math teaching.The games are very easily explained, even to squirrely seventh-graders, who can start playing almost right away but soon discover what appears to be a simple game actually has lots of twists and turns and strategies. I just finished playing one with a group of 30 kids (the combination game "Neighbors") and it was a huge success. We played three games and the kids' strategies completely changed by the end of the third game. You could watch their minds take in information, think it over, and come up with new plans. At the end, a student said, "That was so much fun! We should do that every Friday!"I agree with the author that current math curriculum is dreadfully boring. This book of games brings the beauty and joy of math back into the classroom. I especially love how he relates the games to real-world situations which require similar thought processes.I feel it should be part of everyone's math curriculum. Heck, it should be part of every curriculum; it covers ideas in science, statistics, government, physics, and more! If you are a teacher, you won't be disappointed.

I bought this for ideas to play with my middle school aged grandson who loves math. It’s a bit over my head so I will be donating it to his math teacher who’d be better at integrating these ideas with kids.

Great book! So fun. My son loved it. Highly recommend.

recommended by a friend, who is a math protidge. It is good for kids to train their math thinking.

This book is just fun - both the games and the writing! These games involve the deep level logical thinking that is at the heart of mathematics - it is not basic arithmetic games. Even if you don't play a single game, the book is so witty, entertaining and insightful that it's worth reading anyway. I found parts laugh out loud funny.I bought this book the day before our family went on a trip, but I didn't get to read it as much as intended because my twelve year old son confiscated it and read it cover-to-cover. This book turned out to be a perfect travel companion - my family played games like Quantum Go-Fish, Dandelions, Win-Lose-Banana, Quantum Tic-Tac-Toe and Sprouts in the car and at the airport. Even my eight year old son has requested to play these games again and has gotten our family playing Quantum Go Fish at dinner. Read the book because it's interesting, play the games because they're fun, and find yourself smarter in the end - the way all good learning happen.