Activity 5: Play Elevens

Introduction

In this activity, the game Elevens will be explained. You'll play an interactive version of the game.

Exploration

Elevens is a solitaire game. It uses a deck of 52 cards with the usual suits and ranks. Here's how it's played:

1. The deck is shuffled and 9 cards are dealt face up.
2. These steps are repeated:
   1. The player removes each pair of cards that add up to 11. (Aces count as 1. Face cards are ignored.)
   2. Any triplet of J, Q, K is removed. Suit doesn't matter.
   3. Cards are dealt to replace any removed cards.
3. You win when the deck is empty and there are no more cards dealt out.