Friendly Fact Games

Friendly Facts are two numbers that go together to make ten. When we use our cards to show a Friendly Fact we position the cards so that it looks like the ten frame is filled in. Click here to view a Friendly Fact video.

Friendly Fact Solitaire

Materials: Two decks of Power of Ten playing cards (20): 2 of each denomination
Number of Players: One
Object and Scoring: The object of this game is to beat the deck by playing all of the cards.
How to Play:
1. The player shuffles and lays out five cards, face up.
2. Player holds the rest of the cards, face down.
3. Player looks for cards that are turned up that are friendly facts, and removes them to a separate file.
Remember: Friendly facts=10
4. Any cards that are matched into Friendly Facts are replaced from the deck, so that there are always five cards turned up.
5. When all possible pairs are made from the 5 turned up cards, the player turns up a card from the deck and tried to match it to a turned up card to=a friendly fact.
6. When all cards have been matched, the player wins.
7. If no more matches can be made, the deck ”wins” and the game is over.

Click here for a Friendly Fact Solitaire video.

Friendly Fact Concentration

This is an extension from Concentration. Click here for the regular Concentration instructions.

Materials: Two decks of Power of 10 playing cards (20 cards; 2 of each denomination).
Number of Players: This game can be played with 2, 3 or 4 players
Object and Scoring: The object of the game is to obtain as many Friendly Fact pairs as possible.
How to Play:    
1. Shuffle the cards and then turn them face down and spread them out on the floor or table. Place the cards in 4 rows of 5 and practice counting by 5s.
2. Player one flips over two cards and states their value separately.  If they are a Friendly Fact match, she/he keeps them. Be sure to place in them in the proper Friendly Fact position (see image above). She/he picks up two more cards until she/he finds two cards that are not Friendly Facts. Turn these cards face down and place back in the same position.
3. Player two flips over two cards, states the values, and proceeds until she/he finds two cards that are not Friendly Facts.
4. The game continues until there are no cards left on the table.
5. The winner is the player with the most points. To count points, students count their Friendly Fact pairs by 10.

Click here for a Friendly Fact Concentration video.

Friendly Fact Go Fish

This is an extension of Go Fish. Click here the regular Go Fish Instructions.

Materials: Two different coloured decks of Power of Ten playing cards.
Number of Players: 2, 3 or 4 players
Object and Scoring: The object of the game is to obtain as many Friendly Fact pairs as possible.
How to Play:
1. Mix the two decks. Deal 5 cards to each player and place the rest of the cards in a pile between the players.
2. Player One asks another player for a card to match one of his/her cards by saying, "Do you have the card that goes with ____ to make ten."

For example, if Player One has a 7 that means they need the 3 card so they would ask, "Do you have the card that goes with 7 to make ten."

3. If Player Two doesn’t have a match she/he says “Go Fish”, and the asking player draws one from the pile.  If Player One gets a match, he/she lays it down in the Friendly Fact position and asks again.  As soon as there is no Friendly Fact match, the next player begins.
4. The game finishes when all the cards in the pile are gone. The winner is the player with the most points. To count points, students count their Friendly Fact pairs by 10.

Click here for a Friendly Fact Go Fish video.

Salute

Materials: Two decks of Power of Ten playing cards (20 cards – two of each denomination)
Number of Players: This game can be played with 2 players
Object and Scoring: The object of the game is to practice math facts.
How to Play:
1. Each player has a deck of 20 cards, which they shuffle.
2. Player one holds up a card.
3. Player two tells the person how many white squares there are on the card.
4. Player one then says how many squares on the card are coloured.  If she/he is correct, she/he keeps the card, otherwise the other player gets the card.
5. Play until one player has won all the cards or a time limit (5 minutes) has been reached.

Click here for a Salute video.

Slap Jack

Materials: Two decks of power of ten playing cards (20 cards- two of each denomination.
Number of players: This game is played by two players
Object and scoring: The object of this game is to obtain as many cards as possible.
How to Play:
1. Each player has a deck of 20 cards, which they shuffle
2. Player one and two flip over a card
3. Both players are looking for a ten card or two cards that add up to make ten. When they do they slap their cards on the table and say “ten”.
4. The player who does this first (his or her hand will be on the bottom if both players slap) gets the cards turned over to that point of the game.
5. Once all the card have been played, reshuffle and start again.
6. Play until one player has won all the cards or a time limit (5 minutes) has been reached.

Click here for a Slap Jack video.