Math: Closest to 100

Posted: February 2, 2015

Close Call: An Addition Card Game   From: |http://www.education.com/activity/article/close-call/ 1/7/2015  What You Need: • Deck of playing cards • Paper • Pencil • 2 or more players  What You Do:  1. The dealer shuffles the deck and deals 4 cards to each player, who turns them face up. 2. Players try to rearrange their cards and make number pairs that when added together come close to 100. For example, the cards 5, 1, 4, 9, can be arranged to create two larger numbers: 51 and 49. When added together 51 and 49 equal 100. 3. When everyone's ready, they should share their final numbers.   Whoever is closest to 100 wins a point . The player with the most points at the end wins.   By Ellen Dean and William L. Gaslin, Charles Lund, & Martin M. Gaslin