Thursday, April 26, 2012

Fun Place Value Card Game for Kids


Here's a fun PLACE VALUE CARD game for kids!




Materials 
  • 1 deck of cards
Players: 2




Set-Up Directions:

  • Use all the cards numbered 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 (4 of each)
  • Use the Aces as the number 1.
  • If you want to use a zero (0), choose either the Jack, Queen or King as a ZERO.


Number 954 is larger than 642




Game Directions

  • Shuffle the cards.
  • Place the deck number-side down on a flat surface.
  • Each player draws 3 cards from the top of the deck.
  • Each player makes the largest 3-digit number possible.
  • Players read aloud their numbers and compare their value.
  • The player with the larger number wins all the cards in that round.
  • The game is over when all of the cards in the deck have been used.
  • The player with the most cards is the winner of the game.

Variation
  • Younger players can play with 2-digit numbers.

Have fun with math!


8 comments:

  1. I'm planning on utilizing this activity next week. Thanks!

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  2. I teach 5th Grade Math. Thanks for the ideas. Following you from the Blog Hop. I'd love for you to follow back:)

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  3. You could adjust this for older kids by letting kids draw more cards and having them use a decimal. You could also compete for the smallest number.

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  4. what about the 10's

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  5. Thank you for sharing this post and i hope keep posting it.

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