Math Beyond Workbooks

Close to 100

• skills involved: number sense, addition and subtraction


• materials needed: a deck of cards with the 10's and face cards removed, paper, pencils

1. Shuffle the cards and deal out six to each player.



2. Players choose four of their cards and form two 2-digit numbers with them that have a sum as close to 100 as possible.



3. The players score is the difference between their sum and 100 (so if you get a sum of 91, your score would be 100 ‚ 92 = 9).



4. Play seven hands ‚ the lowest score wins.