Say the Sum Number of Players: 2 Materials: Deck of Cards (Face Cards are 10) How to Play: 1.

Deal the cards to each player until all have been dealt. The cards should be face down. 2. Each player should now have a pile of cards, face down. 3. The players flip over their top card at the same time and place them in the middle. 4. The players must then find the sum of the 2 cards. 5. The player to say the correct answer first gets to keep both cards. 6. The game continues until each players pile of cards is gone. 7. The player with the most cards at the end of the game is the winner. You can play this game with 3 or 4 people. Instead of finding the sum of only 2 numbers, students would have to add three or four numbers together.

Say the Difference Number of Players: 2 Materials: Deck of Cards (Face Cards are 10) How to Play: 1. Deal the cards to each player until all have been dealt. The cards should be face down. 2. Each player should now have a pile of cards, face down. 3. The players flip over their top card at the same time and place them in the middle. 4. The players must then find the difference of the 2 cards. 5. The player to say the correct answer first gets to keep both cards. 6. The game continues until each players pile of cards is gone. 7. The player with the most cards at the end of the game is the winner.

Make a 10
Number of Players: 2-4 Materials: One Deck of Cards (Make sure you have sorted out the card so that you only have partners for 10, ex. 9 and 1, 8 and 2, etc. You can keep the face cards; those will equal 10 on their own.) How to Play: 1. Shuffle the cards. Place the all of the cards face side down (as if you were playing memory) 2. Play rock, paper, scissors to see who will go first 3. Player 1 turns over 2 cards. If these 2 cards equal 10 the player keeps the cards and it is the next players turn. If the cards do not equal 10, the player turns them back over and it is the next players turn. If the player turns over a face card, that equals 10, they do not need to turn over another card. 4. Player 2 turns over 2 cards. If these 2 cards equal 10 the player keeps the cards and it is the next players turn. If the cards do not equal 10, the player turns them back over and it is the next players turn. 5. Continue taking turns making matches that equal 10. Once all of the cards are gone the game is over. 6. The player with the most cards at the end of the game is the winner. Variation: Using the same deck of cards, you can play Make a 10 in another way. This game is similar to Go Fish. Give each player 5 cards, leave the rest in a pile in the middle. Instead of making number matches, players will work to make matches that equal 10. For instance, if they have a 9 in their hand, they would want to ask another player for a 1 to make a 10. The player with the most cards at the end of the game is the winner.

Find the Missing Part

Number of Players: 3 Materials: One Deck of Cards (Face Cards count as 10) How to Play: 1. Shuffle the cards and put them in a pile in the center of your group. 2. Each player has a job in this game. 2 players will draw cards and place them on their forehead. The third player will find the sum of the two cards. Decide who will draw the cards, and who will add the cards, before you begin the game. 3. Two of the players draw a card from the top of the deck. They place the cards on their foreheads. They cannot look at their own card, but they should look at the other persons card. 4. The third player looks at the 2 two cards and adds them together. They tell the players, The sum of your numbers is ___ 5. The 2 players with the cards on their heads look at each others cards. They must figure out using the sum, and the other players card, what the card is on their head. 6. An example would be, 2 players draw cards and place them on their heads. If one has a 3 and then other has a 9, the third player would say the sum of your numbers is 12. The player with the 3 can look and see the other player has a 9, they can then think to themselves, what would I add to 9 to make 12? Once they figure it out they would say 3. 7. The first player to correctly say the number of their card gets to keep both cards. 8. The player with the most cards at the end of the game wins.