Rice Chex and Chocolate Chex

Rice Chex and Chocolate Chex is a Grade 7 integer activity that uses two colors of cereal as manipulatives for positive and negative values. Students build addition problems with the two colors, pair opposite values to make zero, and count what remains to find the sum. The edible counters make zero pairs and cancellation physically visible.

Use it when students are learning integer addition conceptually before relying only on symbolic sign rules. Problems such as -7 + 3 or 6 + (-4) become easy to model by matching opposite-colored pieces. Create a free Find a Math Game account to generate teacher-ready lesson support for Rice Chex and Chocolate Chex. No credit card is required, with 3 lifetime lesson generations.