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MOLF! (AKA: MULTIPLICATION GOLF)

Hi All,

Prepare to be addicted. MOLF (Multiplication Golf) is here! It's a simple game, but super fun. Great for anyone learning or practicing their multiplication facts as well as anyone practicing multiplication with any kind of numbers. And you get to do some serious column addition too.

Attached are pdf's for 1) the Multiplication Golf course map 2) scorecard 3) directions. The only other things you need are dice and a pencil. And maybe a game token to represent the player and move around the board. Something as simple as a button or bottle cap would work.

Players begin at the first hole on the course map. They roll two dice, multiply the numbers that come up, and announce the resulting product. If the product meets the criteria listed on the hole, they have successfully put the ball in the hole. 

For example, criteria for Hole #1 is that the product must be odd. If you rolled a 3 and a 4, your product is 12. Sorry, that's one stroke on your scorecard. Roll again. This time, you roll a 1 and a 5. Your product is 5. That's an odd number, so you're in the hole! And you did it in 2 strokes. 

Players take turns rolling and recording strokes on their scorecards until they complete the 18 holes. Criteria on holes changes quite a bit from hole to hole. Like in real golf, some holes are harder than others. When all holes are totaled, lowest score (least number of strokes) wins! Totaling these scores provides a lot of opportunity for practice with column addition and efficient ways to combine numbers.

If you are interested in adapting this for older players, get some self stick white shipping labels and cut them up into small squares or circles. Write numbers you want your players to deal with and stick them on the dice.

Many players like to color their golf course maps or add drawings to personalize it even more. That's kind of fun too.

Here's the link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ntz10sYCtMNFSwh_BBRbXhmLqEQsektJ/view?usp=sharing
 
All the best. Stay safe. God bless.
Bob 

PS - This is an idea I adapted from elementary grade teacher, Sue Lorey. It was part of a book I wrote for Scholastic years ago, called Best-Ever Activities for Grades 2-3: Multiplication.

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