Pages

Thursday, February 26, 2015

QUICK STOP: An Addition, Subtraction, or Multiplication Card Game

QUICK STOP: An Addition, Subtraction, or Multiplication Card Game

Compete for the highest score as you flip over cards.  Add up each card until you reach 100 points.  The first one to 100 wins!

Skills:
* Addition
* Subtraction
* Multiplication

Supplies:
* One deck of cards
* Pencil and paper for every player to add up the cards

Addition:
1. Place a well-shuffled deck of cards, face down, in the center of the playing area.
2. All players simultaneously draw a card and write the number on their paper.
3. When all players are ready, all players simultaneously draw a and card add it to their own total.
4.  Play continues until one player reaches 100.

Subtraction:
1. Place a well-shuffled deck of cards, face down, in the center of the playing area.
2.  All players begin with 100 on their papers.
3.  When all players are ready, all players simultaneously draw a and card subtract it from 100.
4.  Play continues with simultaneous draws and each player subtracting their card from the total.
5.  Play continues until one player reaches 5 or below (or 0).

Multiplication:
Play the same as addition, only use multiplication to reach 1000.

Variations:
*Play until the deck runs out.  The player closest to 100, without going over, wins.
*Add jokers to the deck.  If a player draws a joker, their score goes back to zero.
*Have all face cards equal 10.

No comments:

Post a Comment