Description
This book makes use of ordinary playing cards in games and activities to promote mathematical thinking. The games are simple to play and children will be able to play them in a matter of minutes. Cards are such a readily available resource that many schools are using these books as part of a take-home mathematics programme.
Topics covered include number, space and probability, with a strong emphasis on mental computation and problem solving throughout. Photocopiable and contains clear instructions to help get your students thinking and learning
| Card Capers Book | |
| Australian Curriculum Links | |
| AC Links | Mathematics concept |
| Yr 5: ACMMG114 | Recognising line symmetry and rotational symmetry. |
| Yr 4: ACMNA075 | |
| Yr 4: ACMNA076 | Calculating the total numbers of symbols in a deck of 52 cards. |
| Yr 3: ACMSP067 | |
| Yr 5: ACMSP116 | Investigating the probability of certain outcomes (colours, suits) appearing when cutting a deck of cards. |
| Yr 2: ACMNA030 | Investigating the commutative property of addition by adding numbers 1-9 in rows of 3 and comparing the totals. |
| Yr 2: ACMNA030 | |
| Yr 3: ACMNA054 | Arranging cards of value 1-10 to generate equivalent sums (each side of a rectangle has the same sum). |
| Yr 2: ACMSP049 | |
| Yr 3: ACMSP069 | Classifying playing cards according to different and shared attributes using Venn diagrams and grids. |
| Yr 2: ACMNA030 | |
| Yr 3: ACMNA055 | Investigating how many different sums using 2 numbers are possible from a total of 4 numbers. |
| Problem Solving | Investigating how to arrange cards in an array to comply with certain rules regarding card appearances in rows and columns. |
| Problem Solving | Rearranging playing cards whilst complying with placement rules regarding relative size of numbers. |
| Yr 3: ACMNA054 | Arranging playing cards in an array such that the sums of rows, columns and diagonals are even. |
| Problem Solving | Using multiple clues regarding suit, number, colour and position to determine the arrangement of three hidden cards. |
| Yr F: ACMNA289 | |
| Yr 1: ACMNA013 | Judging the relative magnitude of two numbers (which is bigger). |
| Yr F: ACMNA002 | |
| Yr 1: ACMNA013 | Reading and matching numerals 1-9. |
| Yr 1: ACMNA013 | Arranging four numbers in ascending order. |
| Yr F: ACMNA289 | |
| Yr 1: ACMNA013 | Matching numbers which differ by one or two in value. |
| Yr 2: ACMNA030 | |
| Yr 3: ACMNA055 | Adding strings of single-digit numbers in order to reach a given total. |
| Yr 2: ACMNA030 | |
| Yr 3: ACMNA055 | Adding strings of single-digit numbers. |
| Yr 2: ACMNA030 | |
| Yr 3: ACMNA054 | |
| Yr 3: ACMNA055 | Adding two single-digit numbers, and identifying pairs of numbers which add to a given total. |
| Yr 3: ACMNA053 | Allocating digits to places in order to produce the number with the highest value. |
| Yr 3: ACMNA055 | |
| Yr 3: ACMNA056 | |
| Yr 4: ACMNA074 | |
| Yr 4: ACMNA075 | Adding a string of single-digit numbers. Identifying when the running total is a multiple of a given single-digit number. |
| Yr 3: ACMNA055 | |
| Yr 3: ACMNA056 | |
| Yr 4: ACMNA075 | Multiplying two single-digit numbers. |
| Adding two single-digit numbers. | |
| Yr 2: ACMNA028 | |
| Yr 2: ACMNA030 | |
| Yr 3: ACMNA055 | Allocating places to digits in order to generate two, two-digit numbers whose sum is closest to a target number. |
| Yr 4: ACMNA076 | |
| Yr 5: ACMNA100 | Multiply three one-digit numbers. Reinforces commutative property of multiplication (numbers can be multiplied in any order). |
| Add three one-digit numbers. | |
| Yr 4: ACMNA075 | |
| Yr 3: ACMNA055 | Multiplying two single-digit numbers. |
| Adding two-digit and single-digit numbers. Comparing the size of the results. | |
| Yr 3: ACMNA055 | |
| Yr 3: ACMNA056 | |
| Yr 4: ACMNA075 | Use any combination of the four operations on three single-digit numbers in order to reach a given total. |
| Yr 4: ACMNA075 | Identify two single-digit numbers which generate a given product. |
| Yr 3: ACMNA053 | Using place value knowledge to transform a given four-digit number into another in which one digit differs, by using addition or subtraction. |
| Yr 3: ACMNA055 | Operating upon strings of numbers using addition and subtraction in order to reach the highest single-digit total. Adding strings of single-digit numbers. |
