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Place Value Cards

For this game you need a place value mat up to the thousands and their own deck of cards (remove

face cards except for Aces - these count as "1").

Students each have their own deck of cards. The take the first five cards and lay them on the place

value math, placing a comma between the thousands and hundreds place. The numbers must be

said aloud.

The play could be for making the largest number or the smallest number. You could also have them

write the numbers in expanded form and word form.

Fish Plus One

Remove all face cards for early learning math card games. They can be added in for upper level

students, making the Jack = 11, Queen = 12, King = 13, and Ace = 14 or 1.

This game is played like "Go Fish," except that the card pairs have to differ by one.

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If I have a 4, I can ask for a 5

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When I get the 5, I can lay down my two cards and say, "4 + 1 = 5."

Change the game up a bit by making it Fish Plus Two or Three. These are great math practice games

for addition facts.

Toss Up

Each player draws three cards from the deck and tosses them into the air. Points are earned for

every card that lands face up (Aces = 1, Jacks = 11, Queens = 12 and Kings = 13). The first player to

reach a designated score wins (50 or 100).

Differentiate the game by having to subtract any cards that land face down. You could also multiply

cards and play to 500 or 1000.

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