Another Maths Game

2 players

Items needed to play:

2 packs playing cards (each with a different colour back)

1 dice (6 – sided)

Take 2 packs of playing cards and remove the K, Q, J, and As from them.

Shuffle the K Q J As (both packs together) and put in a separate pile – now shuffle the other cards but only in their own colour – e.g. all the blue back cards together and all the red back cards together) and put them in 2 separate piles. Now each player takes it in turns to pick up one blue card and one red one. After they’ve picked it up the other player rolls the dice to determine what happens:

1-2 = Add them together

3-4 = Double them and add together

5-6 = Pick up a card from the KQJA pile and follow the instructions below:

K ♠ ♣ = Add the numbers together and double the answer

Q ♠ ♣ = Multiply the smaller number by 5 then add (if both numbers are the same – multiply both by 5 then add together)

J ♠ ♣ = Subtract them                                             

A ♠ ♣ = Add 4 zeros to the end of both numbers and add

K ♥ ♦ = If the answer is even divide by 2 – if it’s odd, add 19
Q ♥ ♦ = Take the larger number and subtract 3 then add together. If both numbers are 2 then miss a go
J ♥ ♦ = multiply both numbers by 10 then subtract them
A ♥ ♦ = Add enough zeros to make up to the nearest million

 © Carolyn Davison