Math Jeopardy is a game played by two teams of students and requires a
chalk board or white board. A master of ceremonies keeps the
questions. The questions come in several categories and different
point values within each category. The rules are as follows.
- The teams take turns selecting the next
question. The first selection is given to the first person to
volunteer or is decided by flipping a coin. Selection of the question
is by the team member that comes to the board to work the problem.
- Once a question has been selected the other
team chooses a representative to send to the board to work the problem.
- The master of ceremonies writes the question
and any relevant pictures or diagrams on the board and says "Go!"
- The team members at the board work the
problem on the board. The first person to get a correct answer earns
the points the problem is worth for his team. People at the board are
encouraged to copy or take ideas from the other person at the board
(you cannot copy fast enough to pass someone).
- Team members not at the board may give
advice as long as both people at the board can hear that advice and
that advice is not the exact next step or the exact answer. If the
advice given is the exact next step or answer the master of ceremonies
says "foul" and the other team gets the points for the question.
Pointing out errors is a good form of advice. Giving advice that is
supposed to make the other team make an error is called
sabotage and is a foul.
- When a correct answer appears (or if a foul
ends a question) the master of ceremonies declares "victory left" or
"victory right" as appropriate. The master of ceremonies may also
wish to have the teams choose names and use those names when declaring
a victor. The master of ceremonies keeps a running total of the
team's scores on the board.
- Every team member must come to the board
before any team member comes up again. Teams are usually three member
and should not be less than three member.
- The questions may be selected in any order.
There should be several questions of each point value for each topic.
Example questions are given below.
Questions for 3rd-6th graders.
All questions in a single Acrobat(tm)
document.
Questions for 1st and 2nd graders.
All questions in a single Acrobat(tm)
document.
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