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2048 - Skill Building Math Game
Students combine matching number tiles to reach the sum of 2048. They must think ahead and calculate moves that maximize their chances of success. Students resist the impulse to make quick moves, choosing thoughtful actions instead.
- Grade Levels: grades 3+
- Skills Developed: critical thinking, problem solving, numerical fluency, pattern recognition, and strategic planning
- Standards Addressed:
Common Core Mathematical Practices - make sense of problems and persevere in solving them, look for and make use of structure by recognizing patterns in tile placement and combinations
- Classroom Use:
Math Integration - use the game to reinforce concepts involving exponents and powers of 2, with younger children this game introduces doubling
Reflection Activity - students consider the best strategies for reaching 2048