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RM8

Multiplication (1) 3b:3

Games for 2 players

You need: copy of RM 7 cut up into pieces; calculator; counters in two
colours; scissors; envelope

What's the product?

o You each need one set of cards
from RM 7 (one set is shaded;
one is plain).
Place your set in a pack, face downwards.

D In turns, take a card from the top of your
pack and tell your partner the product.
He or she checks this on the calculator.

D If you are correct, leave the card
face upwards. If you are wrong, place
it at the bottom of the pile.

D Continue until all the cards are
face upwards on the table.

D Play again, but swap packs of cards.

Higher product

D Use the envelope and counters,
choose a different colour each.
D Place all the cards in the envelope.

D Without looking, each of you
can take out one card.
D The player with the higher product
wins a counter. (If the product is
the same, you both win.)

D Continue until all the cards
are used up. Whoever has
more counters wins the game.

D Play again, but now whoever
has the lower product
wins a counter each time.

D What other rules for winning
can you think of and try?

© 1993 Collins Educational (an imprint of HarperColiinsPub/ishers) STEPS 3b