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Add Up the Number Plate

Indoor games
  • 7–12 years
  • 15 min
  • on the road

Add the digits on the plate of the car in front and race to say the total first. A queue of traffic turns into a stream of little sums.

What you need

  • Nothing to carry
  • A view of the road or a car park

How to play

  1. Pick the nearest car whose plate everybody can read.
  2. Add the digits together out loud and say the total.
  3. Score a point for whoever says the correct total first.
  4. Make it harder for older players: multiply the first two digits instead.
  5. Hunt for a plate whose digits add up to exactly ten.
  6. Play to fifteen points and start again on the way back.

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