This is an easy, quick game to play. Write out the numbers 0-15. Either draw 3 random cards from a deck or roll 3 dice (0-9 is great). Then, using those 3 numbers and any (or all) 4 operations, your job is to try to achieve as many of the numbers from 0-15 as you can. Write down solutions. If you are teaching grades 6 and 7, make sure that your students are using order of operations rules. Include exponents and brackets to become BEDMAS Scratch! You can also extend this game by lengthening it into 25 Scratch.
Would like to see how this is played? See my video here. By the way, I was rolling these out so fast last year, I made a mistake in one spot. See if your kiddos can figure out where and then see if they can figure out how Chewy got the 3.