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Students play a game of “Snakes and Ladders” to practice solving multiplication and division of decimals word problems. After choosing a problem card, students roll the die and solve the problem using base ten blocks, a calculator, a standard algorithm or a sketch, based of the roll. If they get the correct answer, they can advance on the game board. The game is played with a group and all partners solve all of the problems, so there is plenty of practice. If you have them, you can use the