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Sunday, 27 September 2015

More or less snap - A great at home game



This week our numeracy focus is on a game that you can play at home to develop mental computation skills.

More or less snap!

You will need a deck of cards and two players.

As usual in this game of snap you are looking to win the pile of cards on the table by snapping onto a 'match'.  However, in this game the rules have changed.  Try snapping if the card placed on top of the pile is one more or one less than the one underneath it.  

You could make this game harder by making the difference between the cards greater e.g. Three more or three less
Make the game easier by removing the picture cards.

This game helps with concepts of place value,  as well as addition and subtraction.

Happy Snapping!

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