A Numbers Game

Both Clara and Trevor like to make up games. This is not news. Today, though, they dazzled me with their ingenuity. It started out as your basic game: Roll the dice and hop the little foam bunnies along the blue ribbon until they reach the end. But then, the rules got interesting. Clara rolled the dice, which landed together in one of the big, blue circles on the bedspread. So, she decided to count the number of smaller circles inside the big circle, and subtract it from the number she'd rolled. Trevor suggested that big circles were worth more than small circles. Clara added that green circles should have bonus points attached to them. It went on and on. Listening to them, I couldn't help but smile with pride at how cool (and mathematical) these two are.