Addition and Subtraction Jeopardy
Addition facts, fact families, and word problems for 1st and 2nd graders. Copy the board free, put it on the screen, and let the class buzz in from phones.
6 categories · 30 clues · Final Jeopardy · everyone buzzes in from their phone
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This page is public, so anyone can read the answers — copy the board and swap a few clues before game day.
Doubles and Make Ten
- $200
This is 5 + 5.
What is 10?
- $400
This is 7 + 7.
What is 14?
- $600
This number added to 6 makes 10.
What is 4?
- $800
Using doubles plus one, 8 + 9 equals this.
What is 17?
- $1,000
To solve 7 + 4, make ten with 7 + 3, then add this many more.
What is 1?
Fact Families
- $200
Since 3 + 4 = 7, then 7 - 4 equals this.
What is 3?
- $400
Since 9 + 7 = 16, then 16 - 9 equals this.
What is 7?
- $600
In the fact family for 8, 5 and 13, subtracting 8 from 13 gives this.
What is 5?
- $800
A fact family uses 6, 9 and this number, which is their sum.
What is 15?
- $1,000
A doubles fact family, like 6 + 6 = 12 and 12 - 6 = 6, has only this many facts.
What is 2?
Missing Numbers
- $200
This number plus 2 equals 8.
What is 6?
- $400
12 minus this number equals 4.
What is 8?
- $600
This number plus 9 equals 20.
What is 11?
- $800
30 plus this number equals 48.
What is 18?
- $1,000
This number minus 13 equals 29.
What is 42?
Adding Two-Digit Numbers
- $200
This is 20 + 30.
What is 50?
- $400
This is 34 + 25.
What is 59?
- $600
This is 47 + 38.
What is 85?
- $800
This is 56 + 27.
What is 83?
- $1,000
This is 68 + 45.
What is 113?
Subtracting with Regrouping
- $200
This is 32 - 7.
What is 25?
- $400
This is 50 - 18.
What is 32?
- $600
This is 63 - 27.
What is 36?
- $800
This is 81 - 46.
What is 35?
- $1,000
This is 100 - 37.
What is 63?
Word Problems
- $200
Sam has 6 apples and gets 3 more, so now he has this many.
What is 9?
- $400
There were 20 birds on a fence and 8 flew away, so this many are left.
What is 12?
- $600
Mia read 24 pages on Monday and 19 pages on Tuesday, which is this many pages in all.
What is 43?
- $800
A class had 52 crayons and 18 broke, so this many are not broken.
What is 34?
- $1,000
Leo had 45 marbles, gave away 16, then got 20 more, so now he has this many.
What is 49?
Final Jeopardy — Math Words
In an addition problem, this is the name for the answer you get when you add numbers together.
What is the sum?
How to run this board
This board moves from quick facts to thinking: doubles and make-ten facts, fact families that link adding and subtracting, missing numbers, two-digit problems with and without regrouping, and short word problems about apples, marbles, and bus riders.
Give every student a mini whiteboard and ask them all to solve before a team buzzes. You get a quick look at who is still counting on fingers, and the game stays a whole-class activity rather than a race between the fastest two.
For first grade, stick to the lower values in the regrouping column and read the word problems aloud slowly, twice.
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