Playing cards are prohibited in schools... (redux)
Image credit: mgcpuzzles.com... because they are prima
facie evidence of gambling. Solomonic. Or is it? Not in my deck!
In my version of Black Jack, "players" learn to put down cards that add to 21, 20, 19 , etc. Player who ends up with least number of cards wins. More card games
here.
Labels: Math, Number Sense, playing cards
Comparing Numbers
Some schools ban playing cards to keep the kids away from gambling. This is understandable as a measure administrative control. But it seems like school management just don't realize that with a little imagination, kids find all sorts of ways to gamble. A friend of mine told me that back in grade school they'd mark the sides of pencils with numbers and forthwith have a dice equivalent. But I digress.
Playing cards could be useful for teaching comparative values of numbers. The video below could be instructive. Now whether this would lead to gambling skills is a matter of values education (Do you sense a pun here?).
Labels: Math, Number Sense, playing cards
What is less than, equal or greater than for?
Or for that matter, the symbols: < , = , >
Perhaps the following can offer some clues? Better yet, could even make Maths more reality-based?
Labels: Math, Number Sense
