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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 chip, racing to fence in two animals first.
Grades
Grades 1–2, Elementary
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Updated Oct 26, 2026

Subject
Math, Addition and Subtraction, Subtraction
Topic
animal capture, subtraction
Resource types
Activities, Games
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What's inside 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.

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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 chips in two colors, one color 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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