Goal: Practice your make 10 mental math facts

1. Take out the face cards from the deck (Joker, Jack, Queen, King). Shuffle the cards.

2. Each player gets 6 cards. Put the rest of the cards in a pile between the players.

3. Take turns asking another player for cards that would make 10. (Example: I have 7 so I could ask another player if they have a 3).

   1. • If a player does not have the card you asked for, "Go Fish!" Take a card from the pile.

      • When a player gives you a card to make ten, say a number sentence. (Example: 7+3=10, 10=3+7).

4. Put your pair to the side. Now it's another player's turn! Keep playing until there are no cards left!

5. Extend your thinking: You can also try adding to different numbers besides 10. Why not try "Make 12 Go Fish", "Make 15 Go Fish", or "Doubles Go Fish"?!

Goal: Apply your understanding of place value (ones, tens, hundreds).

1. Take out the face cards from the deck (Joker, Jack, Queen, King). Shuffle the cards.

2. Deal each player 2 cards for a 2-digit number, or 3 cards for a 3-digit number.

3. Each player will arrange their cards to make the greatest number possible. Example: With a 2 and 7 I could make these numbers: 27, 72. I would choose 72 because it is the greatest with 7 tens and 2 ones.

4. Extend your thinking: Put the numbers made in order from least to greatest.

5. Extend your thinking: Play again but this time play "I'm the least!" Try to make the lowest number possible!

Goal: Make an equation that equals 50. This game comes from Scholastic.

1. Deal all the cards to the players face-down. Know that Ace=1, face cards=0

2. Players will flip their cards to make two 2-digit numbers. You can only use each digit once. Then make an addition or subtraction equation with a sum or difference closest to 50.

   1. • Example: If I have 2, 4, 6, 8 as cards, I could make 84-26=58, which is pretty close to 50!

      • Stuck? You may have to try a few different combinations to see which will be closest to 50. In the example above, I could also have used 24+68=92, but that is a much higher number thank 50.

3. Whoever makes the equation closest to 50 gets a point. If you make an equation that equals exactly 50, you get two points!

4. Play until someone has been awarded 5 points.

5. Extend your thinking: Why not try a different target number, such as 100?

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