We have Equate but haven't played it much. I should get it back out this summer and see how it goes. I should preface this with my DS8 is MG and not accelerated in math like many here. My DS5 is probably about 2nd grade level in math. One game we like is Chutes and Ladders. We play with 2 dice. You can add or subtract them, use square roots etc including negative numbers if you want to go backwards. We play w/ 12-sided dice.
Those dice came with another game from ThinkFun (Target Number) I think. You roll 2 regular dice to get your target number - for ex: 21. You then roll the 2 12-sided dice and you can add, sub, multi, div, squares, and square roots to get as close as you can to the target number. That's great for restaurant if the kids aren't too wild with dice.
Other favs are chess, Railroad Rush Hr Jr, RISK and Pattern blocks.
