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Maths Games for 17yo

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MerylSqueak · 26/08/2025 10:54

My DD has struggled with Maths since primary. She is getting stronger slowly but has asked me to find some maths games she can play to help topics bed down.

Things she's pretty good at are algebra, all the basics operations, angles, basic trig.

Things she's starting to get - so maybe what she needs most: transformation, bearings, negative numbers, means etc

Things she really struggles with: shape - her nemesis, measures, time. I feel like she's starting to get measures and time. Shape: it feels like she's actually blínd to any conceptualisation of shape.

She was tested for learning difficulties in Maths and none were found but she really has difficulty but is able to learn slowly.

Any ideas very welcome. I think she means board games. I tried teaching her gin rummy but she was afraid of it. She's very nervous around numbers.

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TeenToTwenties · 27/08/2025 21:07

Is this wrt resitting GCSE?

I can't think of any games.

For DD and shapes we found physical models - a cylinder us a pringles tube, a triangular prism is a Toblerone box etc. Lots of handling and repetition.

Negative numbers use a number line. Talk about owing money. I have seen a great youtube about walking forwards or backwards facing forwards or backwards. If you face backwards and walk backwards you go forwards (negativexnegative=positive)

Bearings we physically stood up. The rules are:
Start from where you are. Face north. Turn clockwise. All angles have 3 digits

Ratios best done with a table. Can do percentages the same way.

Probably not what you are looking for. Good luck.

MerylSqueak · 27/08/2025 22:53

She does have to but she just wants to practice. She likes playing games and thinks it would help her.

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MerylSqueak · 27/08/2025 23:41

What I mean is, it's just a bit of reinforcement.

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MerylSqueak · 27/08/2025 23:41

And thank you for your ideas!

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