Lobster Pot Maths Game End of Term

The Lobster Pot Game - including play sheets, teacher guide and variants to extend the game. Links included to dedicated website with random generators and ideas for extending the game further.

The Lobster Pot Game is a well-known maths game, suitable for UKS2 and KS3. It is helpful for reinforcing probability, times tables and decision theory - while also being a lot of fun. It is highly requested by my maths groups and is a staple of the end of term.
Each day, players distribute their lobster pots either ‘offshore’ (more risk, more reward) or ‘inshore’ (less risk, less reward). Using the money earned, they can purchase further pots and so increase their profits on later days. The aim is to have enough money at the end of each week to pay a steadily-increasing rent.

This contains everything you need to play the game with your class, including dedicated worksheets and full instructions for running the game. Simply print and play!