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Maths Games For Kids: How to Play Buzz

This is a fun game to play when you have a few moments to spare as the sense of anticipation builds great excitement. It’s great for revising multiplication facts but it can also be played as a simpler counting game with younger children.

Maths Games for Kids: How to Play Buzz

Maths Games For Kids: How to Play Buzz

Number of players: Can be played as a pair but larger groups work well too.
Equipment needed: None.

Instructions for play:

If playing in a group, it is generally easier if children sit or stand in a circle.

As a counting game:

Choose a number of the day, say 8. One child begins and counts aloud ‘One,’ then the next child says, ‘Two,’ the next child ‘Three,’ play continues around the circle with the children saying the next number in line as quickly as possible until the chosen number, in this case 8, is reached. Instead of saying the number aloud the child due to count says, “Buzz.” The next person starts at one again and play continues as before, the aim being to count in sequence, follow the play around the group and speak as quickly as possible without making a mistake. So in this example, play would go – 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,buzz! 1,2,etc

As a multiplication game:

As a variation for older children, tell the children that the aim of the game is to count to 50 – simple, right? Except all multiples of the chosen number must be replaced by the word ‘Buzz.’ For example, if the buzz number was multiples of 5, play would go – 1,2,3,4,buzz,6,7,8,9,buzz,11,12…etc. If a child makes a mistake play begins (for the whole group) again at 1.

For a harder variation, choose two sets of multiples to exclude – say multiples of 3 and of 5 – multiples of 3 are replaced with the word ‘fizz’ and multiples of 5 with the word ‘buzz.’ For numbers that are multiples of both 3 and 5, the respondent says ‘fizz-buzz.’ For this example, play would proceed as follows – 1,2,fizz,4,buzz,fizz,7,8,fizz,buzz,11,fizz,13,14,fizz-buzz,etc.

Looking for more multiplication games…

Multiplication game pack

Christie Burnett is a teacher, presenter, writer and the mother of two. She created Childhood 101 as a place for teachers and parents to access engaging, high quality learning ideas.

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  1. Saam says

    January 15, 2016 at 6:38 PM

    Ooh, that's good! Perfect for my maths-mad boys :)
    • Christie Burnett says

      February 7, 2016 at 10:37 PM

      Have fun!
  2. Sapana V says

    January 17, 2016 at 11:51 AM

    Good Ideas to make maths fun. Thanks for sharing the fun activities. Playing with blocks is also one of such easy ways to teach young children about maths.
  3. Sarika says

    January 24, 2016 at 6:10 PM

    Thank you Christie for sharing such fun games to boost mental and math ability of kids. I am going to introduce them to children in kindergarten school where I work as a volunteer.
  4. First School says

    February 10, 2016 at 5:34 PM

    Thank you for sharing this interesting article. Many children don’t like math as compared to other subjects they read. I appreciate your efforts in making math as a game for kids. This way, they will enjoy as well as learn some digits.
  5. alicorn2 says

    October 4, 2017 at 11:11 AM

    I remember playing fizz-buzz in elementary school -- but I didn't remember the rules. (I think I was remembering the Buzz-only rules) Thanks!
  6. brayden leo williams says

    November 15, 2017 at 12:26 AM

    we played buzz today in school!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  7. brayden williams says

    November 15, 2017 at 12:27 AM

    we played buzz today in school!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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