How to Play: The Community Game

Take a trip through your community and discover how statistics power everyday life!

Players

  • 2–6 players
  • 1 game master (reads questions and confirms answers)

Setup

  1. Choose one player to be the game master.
  2. Each player selects a distinct game piece (coins work well).
  3. All players place their pieces at the start of the data road.
  4. Players take turns in clockwise order, beginning with the first player to the game master’s left.

Gameplay

  • The game master asks one question per turn.
  • If a player answers correctly, they move forward 3 spaces.
  • If a player answers incorrectly, they move back 2 spaces.

Special Rules:

  • If a player is at the start and answers incorrectly, they remain at start (they do not move backward).
  • If a player lands on a bonus square (★), they immediately take another turn.
  • Multiple players may occupy the same space.

Winning the Game

  • The first player to land on or move past the “winner” space (orange triangle) is declared the winner.
 
 

Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month is a program of the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM)—a collaborative effort of the American Mathematical Society, the American Statistical Association, the Mathematical Association of America, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

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