How to play
- Choose the number of players and cards.
- Select the Essentials skills to include.
- Flip cards to reveal questions and answers.
- Claim matching pairs by remembering positions and calculating accurately.
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Pair Power (Essentials)
A classroom-friendly matching pairs game for all 72 Numeracy Ninjas Essentials skills. Play with 2 to 4 human or AI players, flip numbered cards, and build recall through memory and calculation.
Matching pairsMental strategiesKey skillsTimes tables
Matching pairs fluency
Pair Power (Essentials)
Flip numbered cards, match each ninja-skill question to its answer, and claim the most pairs.
Local record00 draws
Players
RedHuman player
Blue
Cards
Ninja Skills
0 selected
Mental Strategies
These are mental calculations.
Timestables
These are mental calculations.
Key Skills
You may like to use pen and paper as some of these questions will require written calculation methods to be used.
Pair Power (Essentials) guide
How Pair Power (Essentials) supports maths practice
Pair Power is a matching pairs game for Numeracy Ninjas Essentials skills. Learners flip cards, calculate answers, and use memory to claim matching question-answer pairs.
Skills practised
- Recall across 72 Essentials skills
- Mental strategies
- Times tables and arithmetic fluency
- Memory, attention, and turn-taking
Teacher notes
- Use a small set of selected skills for intervention or a larger set for revision.
- AI players let pupils practise independently without needing a partner.
- Ask pupils to explain a matched answer before taking the pair.