Fun

• Math games enable students to practice basic arithmetic facts without the tedium of traditional worksheets. In games that use die or cards, numbers are generated at random, making the practice more fun.
  
  

Higher Order Thinking

• Students must use strategy to plan their moves, as well as use their knowledge of mathematics, to win the game.
  
  

Problem Solving

• During the course of a game, students must respond to their opponents' moves and solve unanticipated problems that arise.
  
  

Social Skills

• Playing games is a form of cooperative learning and helps prepare students for real-life situations in which they must work with others to solve problems.
  
  

Better Outcomes

• The social constructivist model of learning contends that students learn better when they are interacting with others. In other words, two heads are better than one! Working together in teams, students are able to learn skills that they would not have learned on their own.