8filltheheart Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 My college-age ds learned this from a Chinese grad student this summer. It is great and my math-geek/competitive kids love it!! You simply flip up four cards. Cards are worth face value, Jacks-11, Queens-12, Kings-13, and Aces are either worth 1 or 14. Using addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, exponents, or roots make the cards total 24. FWIW......there have only been a very few we couldn't solve. For example, the cards flipped up 9, 4, 3, and Ace. There are 2 ways we solved: Ace=1+4=5*3=15+9=24 9-3=6*4=24* Ace as 1=24 Another example: 8, 8, 10, 7 8*10= 80- (7*8)= 24 One more: J, Q, 6, 7 J+Q=23+ (7-6)= 24 Last example: Ace,7,6, 6 Ace as 14/7=2*(6+6)=24 Fastest one wins!! Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jensway Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Thanks for sharing this game it sounds really neat. We love math games. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smevavold Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 That sounds neat! Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2abcd Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 We'll try it! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaterbabs Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 very cool! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowperch Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 A perfect idea for math on the beach. my two older children love poker (thanks dad) and other card games, and they love math. A fun game--and portable! Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooke3193 Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 I had this game as a kid. Not surprisingly, it was called "24!" It was a specially made deck for this purpose, but you are right, any deck of cards would work. I loved it. I kept it to use in my high school math classroom but haven't seen it in years. Maybe it's time to dig through the 2 boxes of teaching stuff I have kept all of these years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 My niece's high school used 24 as a competition. It's quite popular in Ohio! Great way to learn to think flexibly about numbers and their relationships. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicMouseTN Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Oh, this is so up my alley! Can't wait to play! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Uhura Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 http://www.amazon.com/Suntex-International-33976-Single-Digits/dp/B0006U2F5M/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1249352945&sr=8-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber in AUS Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Great game, will hopefully remember it when my kiddos are old enough to play! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAR120C Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 It sounds an awful lot like a game we played competitively in middle school (in Michigan...) called Equations. With Equations you had a handful of dice to assemble into an equation that you kept to yourself (not always 24 -- both sides of the equation came from the dice), and the competition was to move individual dice to the "required" or "restricted" sets in an effort to spoil your opponent's equation without losing your own. And of course in between moves you're trying to figure out what your opponent must have as his equation based on his moves, and what else you could do when he's restricted one of your dice.... But the card game sounds much more straightforward and quick. Love it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen500 Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Thanks! We're really enjoying this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5wolfcubs Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Thanks! I had fun playing with my 12yo and then my 9yo last night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyoSylvia Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Great game - thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack25 Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Thanks for posting the link. I had forgotten that this is on my list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2denj Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 I have never heard of this. It will be a great workbox game!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Bump! This is nifty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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