Dice (and cubes in general) may only have 6 sides, but their uses extend far beyond that number. You can stack them together to illustrate fractions, addition and multiplication, for instance.
In higher level maths subjects, dice are common tools in chance experiments. The simplest version is to roll one die and determine the likelihood that each of the numbers from one to 6 will appear. (It’s 1/6 for all numbers.) More challenging experiments will involve two or more dice.
Activity Ideas:
- Guess that number. Have students call out a random number. Then, roll a single dice. Whoever called out the number that matches the one on the face of the dice gets a point.
- Build your own dice. Use our Pocket Cube Dice to teach students how to make their own dice from scratch.
- Cubes in the classroom. Take inspiration from Dr. Paul Swan’s maths resource ‘Cubes in the Classroom’ for more cube dice-related activities.