Math Card Game Hit 100 anything goes – Probability, choosing and using operations

Thanks to Michael Ymer for this great game

A game best suited to students from year 4 onwards. Materials – 100 number board, two transparent counters and full deck of cards with Jokers included. All cards have face value with the Ace representing 1 and the picture cards representing 10. The Joker is wild and can represent any number from 1 to 10.

The game starts with one student dealing while the other moves their counter. The objective is to reach exactly 100 in the least number of cards possible. Any operation may be used. Once a student hits exactly 100 the cards used are counted and then placed back in the deck and reshuffled. The roles are reversed and the challenge is for the second student playing to reach 100 in fewer cards. Students must ask for the card before it is dealt. If the card is dealt before it is asked for it can be rejected. This eliminates rushing a student to make a decision. When dealing cards they need to be placed in rows of 5 or 6 so that decisions on which operation to use, can be based on what cards have already been dealt.



Maths Card Game - High Card - Addition

A game suitable for students from Prep to Year 6 from Michael Ymer.

Two students place a deck of cards in front of them face down. Remove the Kings, Jacks, and Jokers. The Ace represents the number one and the Queen represents a zero. All other cards are face value. 

Chn share out all the cards and place their cards in front of them in one pile.

Player one turns over his/her top two cards and adds them up ie. 7 and 10 = 17. Player two then turns over his/her top two cards hoping to get a higher score than player one. Whoever has the higher score takes all 4 cards and places them at the bottom of their pack. Play continues until teacher says stop or all cards are used. Player with most cards wins.

Variations

Turn over three cards, Subtract, turn over three cards and add and subtract between cards to make greatest total. Make the largest two/three digit number, multiply

Interactive Maths Games for Students

Allanah has put together a great wiki of basic number facts that include downloadable pdfs and web sites to support learning basic facts in her class.

To download your year level just click on it and it should end up on your desktop. Allanah has promised she will add more links and levels in time.

It is a great resource and I highly recommend it for all primary / elementary teachers.  Take a look at it here.