Teaching Mathematics ISSUE 2 | Page 11

Odd or even

Getting Ready

Deal out all of the cards to the two players.

Play the Game

One player calls, ‘Draw’ and both players turn over their top card

and place it face up in the centre.

The players subtract the smaller from the larger number that are showing. If the

difference is odd the younger player wins the two cards. If the difference is even,

the elder wins the two cards.

After all cards have been used, the players count the number of

cards that they have won. The winner is the person who has the

most cards.