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FOUR IN A ROW
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Choose a square and click on it. Click on the correct answer to the question in the box that appears. If you are right the square is replaced by a tick. Continue until you have won 4 in a row...
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Game: FOUR IN A ROW

Aim: To get four symbols in a row

Method:
Choose a square and click on it. Click on the correct answer to the question in the box that appears. If you are right the square is replaced by a tick. Continue until you have won 4 in a row...

Subtraction: bridge through 10
      
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4 IN A ROW game to practice
'Subtraction: bridge through 10' for kindergarten

Kindergarten : Subtraction :
Subtract a single digit number from a double digit number

In this topic we are going to look at taking away (subtracting) a single digit number like 4 or 7 from a double digit number like 12 or 15 (this is sometimes called 'bridge through 10' because you are counting down from double digits to single digits through the number 10). This is a little bit harder than subtracting single digit numbers but not much harder. So, how can we work out the answer to the following sum :

12 - 7

We know we can subtract numbers by counting down from the first (bigger) number by the same number of steps as the second (smaller) number. So to subtact 6 - 3, we start with 6 and count down three places to 5 then 4 then 3, and 3 is the answer.

When we are subtracting from a double digit number, we do the same thing. So, for 12 - 7, we are going to start with 12 and count down seven places - so, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5. So we can say :

12 - 7 = 5

If you find counting down hard, a different way to work out the sum is to start with the smaller number and count up to the bigger number, and the number of steps you take will be the answer. So if we have the sum 9 - 5, we can count up from 5: to 6, then 7, then 8, then 9. So that was 4 steps and the answer is 4. For 12 - 7, we would start at 7 then :

  1. up 1 to 8
  2. up 1 to 9
  3. up 1 to 10
  4. up 1 to 11
  5. up 1 to 12

The number of steps from 7 up to 12, which is the answer, is 5


Another question from the topic is :

17 - 8

So let's use our counting up method. We start at 8, plus 1 to 9, plus 1 to 10, plus 1 to 11, plus 1 to 12, plus 1 to 13, plus 1 to 14, plus 1 to 15, plus 1 to 16, plus 1 to 17. How many steps was that? It was 9 steps so we can say :

17 - 8 = 9

With our Four in a row math game you will be practicing the topic "Subtraction: bridge through 10" from Kindergarten / Subtraction / Subtracting numbers. The math in this game consists of 16 questions that ask you to subtract a single-digit number from a double-digit number by counting down through 10.

Four in a row is similar to the paper game "Noughts and crosses" but we have changed it into a one-person math learning / revision game. The aim of the game is to win 4 cells in a row from a grid of 16 cells.

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The game will reinforce the math you have chosen to learn by getting you to match the question to the correct answer.

Notes

  • Do the Math lessons for your topic before playing this game
  • Wrong answers are ok, you just have to try again until you get them right
  • There is help available for all games by clicking the question mark button
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How to play 4 in a row to practice
'Subtraction: bridge through 10' for kindergarten

Free Math Games screenshot of 4 in a row game to learn elementary math

  1. Select "4 in a row" on the math games selection page.
  2. Take a quick look at the method text for 4 in a row.
  3. Click on PLAY to proceed, or change your topic with the CHANGE TOPIC button.
  4. On the play page you have a grid of 16 pictures (some topic picture are shown multiple times for shorter topics).
  5. Click on a picture cell.
  6. The topic question will appear along with a series of possible answers.
  7. Click the speaker icon to hear any particular answer (Speech enabled browsers only).
  8. Click the answer that corresponds to the picture question.
  9. If you are correct, the picture will be replaced by a tick - otherwise, a wrong sound will play.
  10. Continue matching picture questions to their correct answers until you have completed a line of 4 cells.
  11. The line can be diagonal as well as horizontal or vertical.
  12. 4 ticks in a row wins the game.
  13. Choose an option from the green sign, or click on games to choose a different game.
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