Estimation Valley Golf Instructions - A golf game that uses math to make your shots.

estimation valley golf

Step 1.) Choose a character and the course (putting green is one hole, junior course is six holes, and pro course is nine holes. Pro course includes multiplication, whereas junior course includes large addition and subtraction).
Step 2.) Find the math problem in the bottom right portion of the screen. You have ten seconds to ESTIMATE the answer. Put the answer in the text box.
Step 3.) Click "validate" or hit the enter button on your keyboard. If your answer to the math problem is close (within 25 % of the actual answer), you will go on to the next shot, where the math problem will be easier. If your shot is not within 25 % of the actual answer, or you do not get it off in time, you must re-take the shot and lose a stroke. If you get the answer exactly right the first time, you get a hole in one. If you get it exactly right in the second or third shot, you sink the shot in the hole! The game is scored just like real golf. The goal is to get the LOWEST score possible.
Step 4.) Repeat the process for ensuing math problems.

Rationale/Skills for Estimation Valley Golf

Grade Level: Third Grade and up
Skills: Estimation, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication
Object: Complete the course using estimation skills in as few strokes as possible.

Estimation Valley Golf was built with one thing in mind – number sense. Students need to be able to make quick estimations in life. By giving students ten seconds to come up with accurate estimations of large problems, they are building number sense and a sense of the value of numbers. In Estimation Valley Golf, students are presented with a sequence of problems for estimation. Good estimations (classified as those that are 25% smaller or larger than the real answer) are rewarded with easier subsequent problems. As the student successfully types accurate estimates, and get closer and closer to the pin, they are presented with easier problems, and eventually a very simple problem they can quickly answer, and hence, sink the putt. The object of the game is to complete the course in as few strokes as possible.

There are three levels to the game:
Putt – Practicing estimation (1 hole)
Junior – Addition and Subtraction (6 holes)
Pro – Addition, Subtraction, and Multiplication (9 holes)

Below is a sequence of problems a user can expect in the pro mode (if estimations are accurate):

1.) 3672 + 5332 _______________
2.) 443 + 826 _________________
3.) 67 + 77 ___________________
4.) 6 + 9 _____________________