Multiplication Battleship: Instructions

Goal: Be the first player to find and “sink” all of your opponent’s ships by using multiplication facts.

1. Set up your ships

• On **My Battleship** grid, secretly draw your ships.
• Ships go in straight lines - horizontal or vertical.
• Ships **cannot touch** (not even diagonally).
• Flip a coin or choose a player to go first.

2. Take turns to “shoot”

• On your turn, pick a coordinate by saying a multiplication fact with the answer, for example: “6 × 4 = 24”.
• That means you are shooting at **row 6, column 4** on your opponent’s grid (**Opponent’s Battleship**).
• Your opponent quickly checks the multiplication (using their head or the small multiplication chart):
  • If the answer is wrong: the shot does not count → mark nothing and your turn ends.
  • If the answer is correct: the shot counts → check that coordinate for Hit/Miss.

3. Hit or miss

• Your opponent checks their **My Battleship** grid.
• If a ship is there → they say **“Hit!”.
• If nothing is there → they say **“Miss!”.
• Mark the result on your **Opponent’s Battleship** grid (e.g., X for miss, ● for hit).

4. Sinking a ship

• When you hit all squares of one ship, your opponent says **“Sunk!”.
• Circle or highlight the whole ship on your tracking grid.

The first player to sink ALL opponent ships wins.

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