You could (with very slight adaptations) use this task with everyone from primary grade students through college math majors. Add a fourth sound! Use roots instead of divisibility.
A group of drinkers counts round the table, substituting 'fizz' for multiples offive and 'buzz' for. Group kids by ability and let them go as fast as they can handle. drinking game Fizzbuzz (or sometimes Bizz Buzz).This is a beautiful example of an easily differentiated task because, rather than developing three separate activities for kids at different levels, you just adjust this one task. When a student says the wrong thing or takes too long (breaking the rhythm), they leave the circle. If a number is divisible by both, they say “fizz buzz”Īnd that’s really it for the rules of Fizz Buzz! It’s an easy-to-learn, but hard-to-master game – a perfect example of a low floor, high ceiling math activity.Ī sample game of Fizz Buzz would start like this:ġ, 2, fizz, 4, buzz, fizz, 7, 8, fizz, buzz, 11, fizz, 13, 14, fizz buzz, 16, and so on….If a number is divisible by 5, they say “buzz” rather than the number.If a number is divisible by 3, the student says “fizz” rather than the number.
A group of students sit in a circle and start counting up.
