Decision Maker
by William L. Gaslin, Charles Lund, & Martin M. Gaslin education.com
Decide to play this game, and you won't regret it! You can practice addition, subtraction, or multiplication using just a deck of cards. Decision Maker combines mathematical skill with an element of chance that will keep players on their toes. Draw two cards at a time and find their sum, difference, or product. If you're correct, you'll earn points. But watch out for the face cards! If you draw one, your score will be erased!
What You Need:
- One deck of playing cards (Print a deck.)
- Pencil (to record scores)
- Decision Maker score sheets (Print these out.)
What You Do:
- Decide whether you will be using addition, subtraction or multiplication.
- Shuffle the deck and place it in the center of the table. Keep in mind aces = 1, jacks = 11, queens = 12, and kings = 13.
- On a player's turn, they draw two cards. Then they compute the sum, difference, or product of those cards (as chosen in step 1). If they are correct, they give themselves a point and have the option of continuing to play. If they are incorrect, or they draw a face card, they lose any points for that round and play passes to the next player. If they draw two face cards, their total game score reverts to zero.
- The first player to earn 10 points wins.
