Students build computational skills and their confidence and ability to talk about math effectively with these games.

Even for a game like Settlers of Catan, well-known for taking hours to play, “I might roll the dice only about 100 times in the whole game,” Crane said. “Even if the dice are actually fair ...

Rolling dice, counting spaces and managing your play resources are big tasks for young children. Board games that incorporate those elements are often helpful in building math abilities, study shows.

The sides of the die must be labeled 0, 0, 0, 6, 6 and 6. There are 36 possible totals when rolling two dice. If the 12 sum values are all to have the same probability, then each value must occur ...

In this game, given a single roll of the two dice, what are the odds that you roll a 5? And is it more likely for you to roll a 5 or an 8? The Hint. There are a host of equations you could use to ...

As Bill Gates tells the story, Warren Buffett once challenged him to a game of dice. Each would select one of four dice belonging to Buffett, and then they’d roll, with the higher number winning ...

Warren Buffett once challenged Bill Gates to an unusual game of dice.Buffett placed four dice on the table and explained the rules. They would each pick a die, roll it a bunch of times, and ...

Rolling dice, counting spaces and managing your play resources are big tasks for young children. Board games that incorporate those elements are often helpful in building math abilities, study shows.

Even for a game like Settlers of Catan, well-known for taking hours to play, “I might roll the dice only about 100 times in the whole game,” Crane said. “Even if the dice are actually fair ...

As Bill Gates tells the story, Warren Buffett once challenged him to a game of dice. Each would select one of four dice belonging to Buffett, and then they’d roll, with the higher number winning.