Introducing Powers And Models.II

Barrett, Sarah            Mars Hill School
428 S. Taylor Ave.        287-0025
Oak Park, IL 60302        5916 W Lake Street
386-7501                  Chicago, Il 60619 

Objectives:
Additional Activity: Multiplication Rummy
   A card game to practice rapid calculation and increase the acuity 
of excellent students.
 
   Encourages initiatives to create variations of this game, as long as
rules are fair and consistent.
   
Apparatus (Materials) Needed
A pack of index cards (both sides blank are best), cut in half, i.e.
2 1/2 x 3 inches, markers to number the cards.

Recommended Strategy
   Choose the times table products and factors to be practiced, and mark 
each number on one card. Include at least 50 in total, for 2 to 5 
players, double all numbers for a double deck for 6 to 8 players, the 
maximum to play together. Have students make more decks for more 
groups. Operation cards may be included for a game in which more than 
one operation can be used. 
   Deal one card at a time, until all players have five each.
The top card of the center pile is turned up next to it.
   The first player left of the dealer begins by taking a card, either 
the one turned up already or the top of the center pile. He looks for a 
true statement to lay out on the board, (the table) from the cards he 
holds, e.g. 7, 8, 56. If he has a true combination, he calls out the 
equation while laying down cards for all to see and agree. He then puts 
these in his personal "book" (or pile), to be totaled at the end. One 
card is discarded, placed on top of the turned up one next to the 
center pile, at each turn. If a player makes no statement, he is still 
to pick the top card, and discard with each turn. Play continues until 
either the center deck is finished, or one player has used all his 
cards to lay out statements. Winner may be the one to go out first, or 
the one with the highest total by adding his personal book, pack.

Individual students may be assigned (rewarded) the task of designing
the backs of a game deck.