Animal Capture Subtraction Game
Animal Capture is a two-player dice game: players roll two dice, add them, subtract the sum from 18 and cover the answer with a counter, racing to fence in two animals first.

- Year levels
- Years 1–2
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Subtraction, Addition and Subtraction, Maths
- Topic
- Animal Capture, Subtraction
- Resource types
- Games
- Preparation
- Print ready
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About this resource
This resource is an Animal Capture Subtraction Game.
This is a dice game that will give students practice with subtracting from 18.
Directions are included for how to play.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Subtract numbers up to 12 from 18
Add the values of two dice
Teaching tips
Each pair needs two six-sided dice and counters in two colours, one colour per player.
Skills covered
Mental subtraction — finding 18 minus each dice total during play
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Concepts & topics
Core concepts
Subtraction from 18
Addition of two dice
Number facts
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