Mathematics is in the Cards

Particpants each selected a numberfrom 1 to 63 and identified which of 5 sheets of numbers contained their chosen number. By seeing which of the sheets included the number, Steve was able to identify the number very quickly. Participants were challenged to determine how. Click here for an explanation.

We then played The Kruskal Count. This game uses all 52 cards arranged face down in rows of 9 (final row of 7). There are variations in the play. In groups, participants explored the variations and recorded the results. Steven explained the statistics at play. Click here for an explanation of The Kruskal Count.

Another game explores Was called The Final Three. For this game, a person chooses three cards. The remaing cards are placed in piles. Pile 1 has 10 cards, pile 2 has 15, pile 4 has 9. The person who chose three cards places one of them on top of pile 1 & covers it with as many cards from pile 2 as they like. The 2nd card gets placed on top of pile 2 & gets covers with as many cards from pile 3 as they like.The final card is placed on top of pile 3. The cards are then stacked in one pile and are dealt out in such a way that the final 3 cards end up being the original 3 cards chosen. Cool!

Steven looks on as a group explores the Binary Card game.	A group discusses the binary card game.	Exploring The Kruskal Count.

Exploring the Kruskal Count.	Steven explains the convergence.	Steven talks about the traps.