3rd Grade Math Game - Word Problems - Add, Subtract, Multiply, and Divide - Tell Time, Elapsed Time, and Money - QR Codes

The Round Royal Kingdom Game

Students will have a great time trading game cards and scanning QR codes while solving word problems.

The Round Royal Kingdom game is an excellent game for your students to play after they finish their daily math work or for the entire class to play as a review game. Most of the word problems are aligned to the third-grade math Common Core State Standards. QR codes are included on 48 task cards to add more excitement to the game.

*The Round Royal Game should be played as a team game before students play the game in small groups. Divide the class into teams of 4 players. It will probably take more than one class period to finish the game. However, your students will have so much fun they will beg you to play the game. A scorecard is included for students/teams to record results so they can resume play at another time.

 Your students may play this game with or without using the QR codes. In case your students do not have access to an electronic device with a QR code reader, I have included an answer key/instruction sheet to play the game. To use the QR codes, you will need to download a QR code reader app to your students’ electronic devices. The device must also have a camera.

If you wish for your students not to play the game, they can solve the word problems on the task cards and check their answers using the QR codes or answer key. The students would ignore the instructions for the game.

It will take more than one class period to finish the game. A scorecard is included for students to record results so they can resume playing at another time.  

Set 1 (24 task cards) skills include:

3^rd Grade CCSS:

• Solve one-step and multi-step word problems using the four operations.
• Fluently add and subtract within 1000.
• Fluently multiply and divide within 100.
• Multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10 in the range 10-90.

Set 2 (24 task cards) skills include:

3^rd Grade CCSS:

• Solve one-step word problems involving time.
• Tell and write time from an analog clock to the nearest minute.
• Tell and write time using the words quarter to and quarter past.
• Measure time intervals in minutes. Find elapsed time before a given time, after a given time, or between 2 given times. (All intervals are less than 60 minutes.)

The following are NOT 3^rd grade CCSS:

• Solve one-step and two-step problems involving money.
• Add and subtract money amounts less than $20.00.
• Count money amounts less than $5.00 involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.

The game can be played with both sets of task cards but DO NOT mix the 2 sets of task cards. Students either play with the first set or the second set.

Game summary:

• Players collect and trade cards throughout the game.
• The first player to become king or queen of The Round Royal Kingdom wins the game.
• Each player picks a task card and solves the math problem on their paper. The math problems are simple problems to reinforce math skills. Players scan the QR code (or check answer key) to check their answer and to see instructions for their turn.  

- The instructions on the QR codes/instruction sheet will tell a player to:

• Pick staff member cards from the Kingdom or pick a wizard card from the Round Royal Kingdom.

- Watch out for the wizard cards! There are good and bad wizard cards that will make players trade cards, take cards, etc.

- Staff member cards have point values of 50 points, 100 points, 150 points, 200 points, and 250 points.

- Staff members are traded for princes and princesses and then traded for a king or a queen

Included in this product: All task cards and game materials come in color and black and white.

• 6 cards of each of the 6 Round Royal staff members: (Animal Trainer, Groundskeeper, Housekeeper, Kitchen Helpers, Party Planner, Security)
• 9 wizard cards (good and bad wizards)
• 1 prince and 1 princess card
• 1 king and 1 queen
• 24 task cards (set 1) containing the QR codes and 24 numbered task cards without the OR codes
• 24 task cards (set 2) containing the QR codes and 24 numbered task cards without the OR codes
• Answer key/instruction sheet
• Directions for small groups and teams
• A detailed example of the game
• A short story about The Round Royal Kingdom to copy or to read to your students

Total cards needed for a group of 2 to 5 players -

• 53 trading cards (11 total pages) - Cards are easy to cut out.
• 24 task cards (6 pages) of either set 1 or set 2 - Cards are easy to cut out.

Total cards needed for the entire class to play in teams -

• 53 trading cards (11 total pages)
• 24 task cards (6 pages) of either set 1 or set 2

TERMS OF USE: By purchasing this product, you have permission to copy for single classroom use only. You may copy this resource for your classroom and your students, but you MAY NOT copy and distribute it to others.

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