7 Times Tables - Join Up

"Join Up" is an engaging game designed to help players practice and reinforce their knowledge of the 7 times tables. The game requires players to have counters and a 'Products of 7 Board', which is a grid filled with numbers. The objective is to take turns covering two numbers on the board, where one number, when multiplied by 7, equals the second number. These two numbers do not have to be adjacent on the grid, providing flexibility and a challenge for players to spot the multiplicative relationships across the board. For example, a player might cover the numbers 4 and 28, since 4 multiplied by 7 equals 28.

To win the game, a player must strategically cover numbers to form a continuous line of five counters, which can be aligned horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. The game also offers a variation that focuses on division; players can cover two numbers where one, when divided by 7, equals the other. This twist not only reinforces multiplication skills but also helps to deepen understanding of division as the inverse operation. "Join Up" is an interactive way to make learning multiplication tables enjoyable, with a competitive element that can motivate learners to think quickly and strategically about the products of seven.