Games for Educators

Math Concepts

multiply- single-digit numbers

Materials

Deck of playing cards

Players

2

Set up

Remove the face cards from the deck of cards. Split the cards evenly in two piles face down, one for each player.

Play

Flip over the top two cards from each pile and multiply each pair of cards. The player with the larger product keeps all four cards. In the example below, the player on the right wins with 4 x 8 = 32 against the left player’s 1 x 6 = 6. If the products match, flip over the next two pairs of cards and the winner gets all eight cards.

Goal

The player with the most cards after one or more runs through all the cards is the winner.