First - Make a drawing like this.

Next - Take turns to roll a 6 sided  or 0 – 9 die.

Whatever the number lands on enter it into one of your nine small rectangles on your grid. Each person will end up having their own numbers in their own places of choice.

Then – treat the grid as an addition problem.

The goal is to get the highest number without going over 1000.

Deep thinking is inevitable, so is going over 1000 the first few times. You will soon discover strategies to go close but not beyond 1000.

I’d love to share what you do find.

Stephanie van der Schans. AST/Numeracy.

Here’s Dan’s example…