Problem Solvers
.
These
games involve problem solving, computation, understanding number
values, and chance.
What
you'll need
Pack
of cards
Paper
Pencil
What
to do
1.
Super sums.
Each
player should write
the numbers 1-12 on a piece of paper.
The
object of the game is
to be the first one to cross off all the numbers on this list.
Use
only the cards 1- 6
in every suit (hearts, clubs, spades, diamonds). Each player picks two
cards and adds up the numbers on them.
The
players can choose to
mark off the numbers on the list by using the total value or crossing
off two or three numbersthat make that value.
For
example, if the
player picks a 5 and a 6, the player can choose to cross out 11, or 5
and 6, or 7 and 4, or 8 and 3, or 9 and 2, or 10 and 1, or 1, 2, and 8.
2.
Make 100.
Take
out all the cards
from the pack except ace to 6. Each player draws 8 cards from the pack.
Each
player decides
whether to use a card in the tens place or the ones place so that the
numbers total as close to 100 as possible without going over.
For
example, if a player
draws two 1s (aces), a 2, a 5, two 3s, a 4, and a 6, he can choose to
use the numerals in the following way: 30,
40, 10, 5, 6, 1, 3,
2. This adds up to 97.
These
games help children
develop different ways to see and work with numbers by using them in
different combinations to achieve a goal. |
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