Games
Set-Up:
- Remove all face cards from a standard deck of cards
- Black cards will represent positive numbers (for example: 6 of spades will be considered to be (+6)
- Red will represent negative numbers (for example: 6 of hearts will be considered to be (-6)
- Can play in groups of 2 – 4 players
There are two variations to this game.
Game Focusing on Addition:
- Deal out five cards to each player
- Find the sum of all 5 cards and whoever has largest/greatest gets a point
- Continue playing until all cards in the deck have been used.
- Add up the points for each player. Whichever player has the highest number of points wins the game.
- Alternate play: Choose a target number ahead of time (e.g. 15 or -2), whichever player gets the closest to the target number after adding up all 5 cards gets all of the cards. Whoever has the most cards at the end of the game wins.
Game Focusing on Subtraction:
- All players agree on a target number (could be any number e.g. 0, 10, -10 etc.)
- Deal each player two cards
- Each player determines the difference between their 2 cards
- Whoever is closest to the target number gets all the cards
- Game ends when all the cards in the deck have been used.
- Whichever player has the most cards at the end of the game wins.
Categories: Elementary