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Make 15

This is a game for two players. Take it in turns to select a card. The first person to make a sum of 15 with any combination of any of the cards they have chosen is the winner.

Let the Ace represent one, Jack eleven, Queen twelve and King thirteen

Player One's Cards:

Player Two's Cards:

You can try similar activities which are online and interactive: Fifteen - 23 or Bust

Do you have any wonderful ideas for using playing cards to help learn mathematics? Please share your ideas here.

Playing cards have been around since the ninth century. They were invented in China and spread across Europe in the fourteenth century. Though the designs on the cards have changed over the years the basic number properties have not.

Because they are so popular the manufacture of high quality cards is not expensive and makes them an ideal tool for learning mathematics.

Comments and suggestions:

Ann Mason, Kingsmead School Derby

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

"NUMBER BONDS TO TEN
Remove all 10, j, q, k cards from a pack of cards.
Pupil turns over cards to create 8 separate piles.
Pairs of cards can be covered, with new cards from the pack, if the two numbers add up to 10. (Ace is taken as 1)
The aim is to get rid of all the cards - not always possible, but they soon learn to recognise the number bonds.
Could be timed to create competition as they get more confident."

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Activities with numbered cards:

Suggested Prime Pairs Game A game for two players who take turns to select two numbers that add up to a prime number. The short web address is: Transum.org/go/?to=ppg	Suggested Superior A game for two players who compete to make the largest possible number from randomly selected cards. The short web address is: Transum.org/go/?to=superior	Suggested Manifest An exciting and thought-provoking number placing game for two players or one player versus the computer. The short web address is: Transum.org/go/?to=manifest
Suggested Nevertheless Players decide where to place the cards to make an equation with the largest possible solution. The short web address is: Transum.org/go/?to=nevertheless	Suggested Fifteen A strategy game. Play against the computer to select three numbers that add up to 15. The short web address is: Transum.org/go/?to=fifteen	Suggested Square Pairs Game A game for two players who take turns to select two numbers that add up to a square number. The short web address is: Transum.org/go/?to=sqpg

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