Addition Tic Tac Toe
Make maths more interactive with this fun Addition Tic Tac Toe game! Students take turns solving addition problems to claim a square on the board — three in a row wins! Designed for Year 1 learners, the game reinforces mental addition strategies, counting on, and fluency with number facts in a competitive, engaging way.
Each game board is filled with addition sums ranging from basic facts to two-digit combinations, offering lots of replayability. Perfect for partner work, rotations, or even home practice.
Learning goals
- We are learning to count collections of items (e.g. coins) and skip count by 5s or 10s to record how many in the collection.
- We are learning to add and subtract numbers within 20, using a variety of strategies, e.g. counting on, counting back, partitioning, subitising and part-part whole knowledge of numbers to 10 and to use the language of 'plus' and 'minus' in story problems.
- We are learning to count collections to 100 using place value groupings.
- We are learning to count in ones, twos, fives and tens, to and from 100.
- We are learning to use a range of strategies, to solve simple addition and subtraction problems.
Curriculum alignment
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Modifications
• Limit game boards to smaller number ranges for students who need support.
• Provide number lines or counters to support addition strategies.
• Allow oral explanation instead of written answers for students with writing difficulties.
Extensions
• Ask students to write the full number sentence before claiming their square.
• Challenge pairs to create their own game boards using new addition problems.
• Add a time limit to each turn for a fluency challenge.