{"id":1634,"date":"2017-09-14T10:33:52","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T10:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/cambusbarronps\/?p=1634"},"modified":"2025-06-02T19:15:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T19:15:01","slug":"quick-fun-maths-actvities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/cambusbarronps\/2017\/09\/14\/quick-fun-maths-actvities\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Fun – Numeracy & Maths"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At Cambusbarron Primary, we\u2019re on a mission to grow curious, creative, and confident mathematicians.<\/span><\/p>\n

We believe that family games are a seriously underrated way to build brilliant maths brains! Whether it\u2019s board games, card games, or word games, play offers rich opportunities for children to develop important thinking skills, boost their resilience, and build a positive attitude towards problem solving \u2014 all while having fun together.<\/span><\/p>\n

CARD GAMES<\/h2>\n

Make 10<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  1. Setup:<\/b>
    \n<\/b> Use a standard deck of cards and remove all face cards (Jacks, Queens, Kings). Aces count as 1. You will be left with number cards 1\u201310 in four suits. Shuffle the cards and lay them face up in a grid (e.g., 4×10 or whatever fits your space).<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Dealing:<\/b>
    \n<\/b> No traditional dealing is needed. The entire deck (minus face cards) is placed face up in a visible grid on the table.<\/span>
    \n<\/span>Playing:<\/b>
    \n<\/b> Players take turns finding and removing pairs of cards that add up to exactly 10 (e.g., 6 + 4, 7 + 3, 1 + 9). Each player removes one valid pair per turn. Some versions allow more than two cards to be combined if they total 10.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Winning:<\/b>
    \n<\/b> The player who collects the most valid pairs (or total cards) by the end of the game wins.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Tiebreaker:<\/b>
    \n<\/b> If two players have the same number of cards, play a sudden-death round with a smaller set of cards. The first player to find a correct pair wins.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Game End: <\/b>The game ends when no more valid pairs that make 10 can be found in the grid. At this point, players count their collected cards or pairs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Multiplication War<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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    variations: addition war – switch out multiplcation for addition.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n
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    Setup:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
    Remove face cards (Jacks, Queens, Kings) from a standard deck of cards.\u00a0<\/span>Alternatively, you can use a set of number cards 1-12.\u00a0<\/span>Aces can be either 1 or 11, decide beforehand.<\/span><\/div>\n
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    Dealing:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
    Distribute the cards evenly between players, creating two piles.<\/span><\/div>\n
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    Playing:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
    Each player simultaneously flips two cards face up and multiplies the numbers on the flipped cards.<\/span><\/div>\n
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    Winning:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
    The player with the larger product (the answer to the multiplication problem) collects all four flipped cards.<\/span><\/div>\n
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    Tiebreaker:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
    If players have the same product, set the cards aside and play another round.\u00a0<\/span>The winner of the tiebreaker round collects all the cards from both rounds.<\/span><\/div>\n
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    Game End:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
    The game continues until one player has all the cards or a predetermined number of rounds have been played.\u00a0<\/span>The player with the most cards at the end wins.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Go Fish!<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Setup:<\/b>
    \n<\/b> Use a standard 52-card deck. Remove Jokers. The goal is to collect sets of four cards of the same rank (e.g. four 7s). Ideal for 2\u20136 players.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Dealing:<\/b>
    \n<\/b> Shuffle the deck and deal:<\/span><\/p>\n