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35 Baseball Multiplication
Strands Number and Numeration; Operations and Computation

Games Across the Grades

Skill Multiplication

Grades

Materials (per group)

 For Grades 3 and 4: Baseball Multiplication Gameboard
(or Game Master 33)

Advanced
Learning
Core Program

 For Grade 5: Game Master 33 (game mat)

 2 to 4 dice
 4 counters
 1 calculator or a Multiplication/Division
Facts Table
Players 2, or 2 teams
Object of the game To score more runs.

Grade 3
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Grade 4

PK K 1 2 3 4 5 6

  

Reteaching and
Practice

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Grade 5
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Directions

Game Master 33 (p. 292)

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Date

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Skill Multiplication facts 1 through 6

1 2
4 3

Baseball Multiplication Game Mat

33

2nd
Base

The rules are similar to those of baseball, but this game lasts only
3 innings.

3rd
Base

1st
Base

Baseball Multiplication Gameboard

Home

Inning

Final

Team 1

Team 1
Runs

Outs

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Runs-and-Outs Tally

Scoreboard

Team 2
Runs

Outs

Team 2

Hitting Table (for 2 six-sided dice)

36 = Home run (score a run)

6 to 15 = Single (1 base)

25 to 35 = Triple (3 bases)

5 or less = Out (record an out)

16 to 24 = Double (2 bases)
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NOTE: You can modify the

game for longer play by
replacing Out with Strike in
the Hitting Table.

Date

GAME MASTER

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Time

Hitting Tables (Advanced Versions)

Skill Multiplication facts 1 through 10

1 2
4 3

1 to 10 Facts
90 to 100 = Home run (score a run)

Players use number cards 110 (4 of each) from the Everything

Math Deck and follow the basic rules. The pitcher draws 2 cards.
The batter nds the product and uses the Hitting Table for
1-to-10 Facts on Game Master 34.

25 to 45 = Single (1 base)

72 to 81 = Triple (3 bases)

1 to 21 = Out (record an out)

48 to 70 = Double (2 bases)
10s 10s Game with 2 Dice
3,600 = Home run (score a run)
2,600 to 3,500 = Triple (3 bases)

600 to 1,500 = Single (1 base)

500 or less = Out (record an out)

1,600 to 2,500 = Double (2 bases)

1 to 12 Facts
80 to 144 = Home run (score a run)

25 to 49 = Single (1 base)

66 to 77 = Triple (3 bases)

1 to 24 = Out (record an out)

10s * 10s Game with 2 Dice

50 to 64 = Double (2 bases)
2 to 12 Facts
80 to 144 = Home run (score a run)
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66 to 77 = Triple (3 bases)

25 to 49 = Single (1 base)
4 to 24 = Out (record an out)

Skill Multiplying multiples of 10 through 60 60

50 to 64 = Double (2 bases)
Three-Factors Game
180 to 216 = Home run (score a run)
125 to 150 = Triple (3 bases)

The rules are the same as for the basic game except that a 1 is
worth 10, a 2 is worth 20, and so on. When a batter gives the
correct product, players use the Hitting Table on Game Master 34.

60 to 90 = Single (1 base)
1 to 54 = Out (record an out)

96 to 120 = Double (2 bases)

10s 10s Game with 4 Dice
7,200 to 8,100 = Home run (score a run)
5,600 to 6,400 = Triple (3 bases)

2,100 to 4,000 = Single (1 base)

100 to 2,000 = Out (record an out)

4,200 to 5,400 = Double (2 bases)

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Advanced Versions
Use the Hitting Tables on Game Master 34 for any of these
Advanced Versions.
1 to 10 Facts

Game Master 34 (p. 293)

Name

1. Players or teams take turns being the pitcher and the

batter. If students play on teams, members of the batting
team take turns batting, and members of the pitching team
take turns pitching.
2. A batter begins with a counter on home plate. The pitcher
rolls the dice.
3. The batter multiplies the numbers rolled. The pitcher checks
the answer with a calculator or a Multiplication/Division
Facts Table.
4. If the answer is correct, the batter nds the product in the
Hitting Table. If it is a hit, the batter moves all counters on
the eld the number of bases shown in the table. If a product
is an out, no counters move forward.
5. A run is scored each time a counter crosses home plate. The
batter tallies each run on the scoreboard.
6. An incorrect answer is a strike, and another pitch (dice roll) is
thrown. Three strikes make an out. The batter tallies outs.
7. After each hit or out, the batter puts a counter on home plate.
8. After three outs, the batting team and pitching team switch roles.
The inning ends when each player or team has made three outs.
9. The player or team with more runs at the end of three innings
wins. If the score is tied, play continues into extra innings
until one player or team wins.

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1 to 12 Facts
Skill Multiplication facts 1 through 12
Players use a 12-sided die. The pitcher rolls the die twice to get
2 factors. The batter multiplies the numbers rolled and uses the
Hitting Table on Game Master 34.

NOTE: If 11 or 12 is rolled on
the 12-sided die, players can
pretend that a 10 was rolled.

2 to 12 Facts
Skill Multiplication facts 2 through 12
Players use 4 dice and follow the basic rules. The pitcher rolls
4 dice. The batter separates them into 2 pairs, adds the numbers
in each pair, and multiplies the sums. Players use the Hitting
Table on Game Master 34.
How players pair the numbers can determine the kind of hit they
get or whether they get an out.

The pitcher rolls a 1, 2, 3, and 5. The batter could add pairs in

different ways and multiply as follows:
one way
a second way
a third way
1+2=3
3+5=8
3 * 8 = 24

1+3=4
2+5=7
4 * 7 = 28

1+5=6
2+3=5
6 * 5 = 30

Out

Single

Single

Three-Factors Game
Skill Multiplying three numbers from 1 through 6
Players use 3 dice. The pitcher rolls 3 dice. The batter multiplies the
3 numbers (factors) and uses the Hitting Table on Game Master 34.
10s * 10s Game with 4 Dice

(recommended for Grades 4 and 5)

Skill Multiplying two-digit numbers

Players use 4 dice. The rules are the same as for the 2 to 12 Facts
game with 2 exceptions:
Sums of 2 through 9 represent 20 through 90.
Sums of 10 through 12 represent themselves.

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Player 1 rolls 1, 2, 3, and 5. He or she gets sums of 6 and 5

and multiples 60 * 50.
Player 2 rolls 3, 4, 6, and 6. He or she gets sums of 7 and 12
and multiplies 70 * 12.
Players use the Hitting Table on Game Master 34.

Differentiation Options
READINESS Students may need a review of multiplication strategies. It may
be helpful to begin with the basic facts:

Players use the number cards 0, 1, 2, and 5 in one pile, and the number
cards 06 in another pile. The pitcher draws a card from each pile, and
the batter multiplies. They use the following Hitting Table:
25 to 30 = Home Run (score a run) 7 to 12 = Single (go to 1st base)
19 to 24 = Triple (go to 3rd base)

0 to 6 = Out (record an out)

13 to 18 = Double (go to 2nd base)

ENRICHMENT

Challenge students to multiply larger multiples of 10:

Tell players that one die in the Three-Factors Game represents a number
of tens. For example, if a pitcher rolls 6, 5, and 5, the batter multiplies
60 5 5. Adjust the Hitting Table by writing a zero at the end of each
product: 10 to 540 is an out, 600 to 900 is a single, and so on.

ELL SUPPORT If students are unfamiliar with baseball, explain that strike, out,
hit, single, double, triple, and home run have specic meanings in baseball.
Using the game board and counters, explain how to score runs in a baseball game.

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Time

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4 3

Baseball Multiplication Game Mat

2nd
Base

3rd
Base

1st
Base

Home

Inning

Runs-and-Outs Tally
3

Final

Team 1

Team 1
Runs

Outs

Team 2
Runs

Outs

Team 2

Hitting Table (for 2 six-sided dice)

36 = Home run (score a run)
25 to 35 = Triple (3 bases)

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Scoreboard

6 to 15 = Single (1 base)
5 or less = Out (record an out)

16 to 24 = Double (2 bases)
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Hitting Tables (Advanced Versions)

1 2
4 3

1 to 10 Facts
90 to 100 = Home run (score a run)

25 to 45 = Single (1 base)

72 to 81 = Triple (3 bases)

1 to 21 = Out (record an out)

48 to 70 = Double (2 bases)
10s 10s Game with 2 Dice
3,600 = Home run (score a run)
2,600 to 3,500 = Triple (3 bases)

600 to 1,500 = Single (1 base)

500 or less = Out (record an out)

1,600 to 2,500 = Double (2 bases)

1 to 12 Facts
80 to 144 = Home run (score a run)

25 to 49 = Single (1 base)

66 to 77 = Triple (3 bases)

1 to 24 = Out (record an out)

50 to 64 = Double (2 bases)
2 to 12 Facts
80 to 144 = Home run (score a run)
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66 to 77 = Triple (3 bases)

25 to 49 = Single (1 base)
4 to 24 = Out (record an out)

50 to 64 = Double (2 bases)
Three-Factors Game
180 to 216 = Home run (score a run)
125 to 150 = Triple (3 bases)

60 to 90 = Single (1 base)
1 to 54 = Out (record an out)

96 to 120 = Double (2 bases)

10s 10s Game with 4 Dice
7,200 to 8,100 = Home run (score a run)
5,600 to 6,400 = Triple (3 bases)

2,100 to 4,000 = Single (1 base)

100 to 2,000 = Out (record an out)

4,200 to 5,400 = Double (2 bases)

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