Adding Animals

Adding Animals is a Grade 5 decimal game for completing addition sentences with a missing value. Students draw an animal-themed card, solve the decimal equation, and record the missing amount while showing their work. Because they must work backward from the known parts of the equation, the task connects decimal addition with subtraction and inverse reasoning.

Use it in a small group when students need practice solving for an unknown in decimal equations rather than only adding two given numbers. Peer checking gives them another reason to communicate how they found the missing value. Create a free Find a Math Game account to generate the lesson for Adding Animals. No credit card; 3 lesson generations for life.