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ThinkFun is the world’s leading manufacturer of brainteasers, logic puzzles and educational games. For over 30 years, we’ve been turning the cleverest ideas of the craziest mathematician and inventors into games and toys that children love to play. Come to find out, teachers love our games, too. After working with local schools and developing county-wide programs for them, we’re making the leap and are releasing our educational programs on TeachersPayTeachers.com. Because we believe every student should be able to learn through play.
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Preview of Math Dice Order of Operations Challenge Sets by ThinkFun

Math Dice Order of Operations Challenge Sets by ThinkFun

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Orders of Operations can get a bit confusing, but it also can be fun! In this FIVE set bundle, the challenges are built with common order of operations, so every solution will follow a specific rule such as "you start by subtracting one number from another, then multiply the remaining two numbers together." Math Dice Challenges emphasize specific mathematical attributes and five sets of challenges and interactive solution presentations. In this set, multiplication, addition and subtraction are
Preview of Math Dice Division and Fractions Challenge Sets by ThinkFun

Math Dice Division and Fractions Challenge Sets by ThinkFun

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Division and fractions can be scary stuff. But with Math Dice Challenge Bundle, they’ll be a lot less scary and a whole lot of fun. In this FIVE set bundle, the challenges are built with common order of operations, which will give your students a big leg up to help with confidence and understanding. Math Dice Challenges emphasize specific mathematical attributes and five sets of challenges and interactive solution presentations. In one set all challenges might use “Subtraction then Division”,
Preview of Math Dice Powers Practice Challenge Sets by ThinkFun

Math Dice Powers Practice Challenge Sets by ThinkFun

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Powers are very powerful! And can be a lot of fun. In this FIVE set bundle, the challenges are built around a different “Power Number.” This helps students understand how to combine scoring numbers to get close to a target number. For example, Power Number 27 challenges feature scoring numbers 3^3; Power Number 81 challenges use scoring number combinations 3^4 and 9^2. Math Dice Challenges emphasize specific mathematical attributes and five sets of challenges and interactive solution presentat
Preview of How to Play Math Dice

How to Play Math Dice

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This is a lively, fun “How to Play Math Dice” PowerPoint deck, which includes a pair of Math Dice Challenge Sets you can use to test your students. If they love it, then you consider bring more Math Dice Challenges and games into your classroom Math Dice is truly remarkable. It’s the simplest and most creative numbers game you will ever find. Your students will love it .and they will love to practice their math facts as they play. So go ahead and download this free 15-page PowerPoint deck. Yo
Preview of Math Dice Powers Demo Challenge Set Powerpoint Deck by ThinkFun

Math Dice Powers Demo Challenge Set Powerpoint Deck by ThinkFun

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This is an example of a Math Dice Challenge Set (there are five Challenge Sets in each bundle). This interactive solution guide, lets you lead a screen based group discussion about the problems and solution. It tells the full story so the teacher can guide the discussion without any prep. The theme of this challenge set is “Power Number 64”. With all challenges, players can expect they will need to create configurations that include 2^6 or 4^3 or 8^2. You will be amazed at how excited your stu
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ThinkFun is the world’s leading manufacturer of brainteasers, logic puzzles and educational games. For over 30 years, we’ve been turning the cleverest ideas of the craziest mathematician and inventors into games and toys that children love to play. Come to find out, teachers love our games, too. After working with local schools and developing county-wide programs for them, we’re making the leap and are releasing our educational programs on TeachersPayTeachers.com. Because we believe every student should be able to learn through play.

Teaching style

We create learning games and brainteasers that are entirely student driven. Kids love to play them – and the more they play, the more they learn. Our games work by teaching students strategies, which help them get better and win…but in the process, they’re actually mastering specific, important learning principles. With ThinkFun Classroom Experiences, available through Teachers Pay Teachers and ThinkFun learning games, we’re able to provide teachers with screen based resource materials – allowing teachers, like you, to lead a group discussion without having to become an expert on the topic yourself. Your students will engage and focus as they play through our challenges. They will then be excited to have in-depth conversations around thinking strategies and learning. And the best part, they will have fun throughout the entire experience!

Awards & shining teacher moments

ThinkFun’s Rush Hour – Parent's Choice Top 25 Games of the past 25 Years; Gravity Maze – Toy Industry Specialty Toy of the Year, 2014; Bill Ritchie – Sam Loyd Award, Lifetime Achievement in Mechanical Puzzles and TEDx speaker

My own education history

Bill Ritchie - Wesleyan University, American Studies major - Kennedy School of Government, Harvard. Masters in City and Regional Planning - Toy Industry School of Hard Knocks

Additional biographical information

Bill Ritchie comes from a family of engineers and creatives, his father spent his career at Bell Laboratories. It was his father's colleague Bill Keister who invented all the original puzzles for ThinkFun. In 1984, Bill's wife Andrea Barthello said, "Hey, let's start a company to bring Mr. Keister's puzzles to market." And the rest is history.