Ryan ([info]sharnjilraedan) wrote in [info]mathematics,
2006-08-11 00:12:00
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Greatest Math Game Ever

If you've heard of 24, then ignore this post. Otherwise, read on for one of the best Math games ever.


Take a deck of cards, and remove all face cards (J, Q, K's). Take the remaining 40 cards, and shuffle them, and deal them out between 2 people. Take your stack of cards (DON'T LOOK!). Now, put it in front of you. Take the top two cards, and keep them face down. Your opponent does the same. Count to 3, and flip them. Your goal? To use simple mathematical operations (Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and brackets) to make the 4 cards in front of you equal to 24. Once you have found it out, you slap the table, and say how you got it. Then you take the cards you just won, and put them in a victory pile for yourself. If neither player can come up with 24, then split the cards. Continue until you are both out of cards. Count the victory cards. Whomever has the most wins.

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[info]erichowens

August 11 2006, 05:19:20 UTC 5 years ago

I remember growing up in maryland there was actually a statewide competition for this, and specific decks just for it.

[info]just_you_wait

August 15 2006, 05:20:19 UTC 5 years ago

6th grade was all about 24. Never knew there was a competition though.

[info]amplimax

August 11 2006, 05:54:02 UTC 5 years ago

Can it be done with Shots?

[info]guldan

August 11 2006, 06:03:15 UTC 5 years ago

Everything can be done with shots, just like everything can be done with stripping rules. You just need to figure it out.

[info]jp7010

August 11 2006, 06:34:24 UTC 5 years ago

Alcohol, nudity, and math.
My idea of a good night, to say the least.

[info]sharnjilraedan

August 11 2006, 16:22:21 UTC 5 years ago

Seconded.

Motion passed.

[info]paper_crystals

August 12 2006, 03:54:24 UTC 5 years ago

Yes.

[info]mathnerdguy

August 11 2006, 09:10:44 UTC 5 years ago

Strip "The Game".

I lost.

[info]guldan

August 11 2006, 15:14:15 UTC 5 years ago

Damn you. That is definitely one game that should not be done as "strip" or else I'll have to start taking my clothes off at random times . . .

Of course, if I'm really unlucky, you will have made it so that any time anyone removes clothing, I'll think of this and lose the game.

I had managed to not lose the game for eight months, and now multiple people are losing the game all around me.

[info]mathnerdguy

August 11 2006, 21:05:40 UTC 5 years ago

Also: Strip Color-or-Country, Strip Nim, Strip Diplomacy, Strip Scrabble, and Strip Go.

Strip Twister might actually be interesting. Hmm.

[info]guldan

August 11 2006, 22:09:05 UTC 5 years ago

Don't know the first two, Diplomacy is too slow, Go would be just odd, I've wanted to try twister, who told you about scrabble, and be sure to never try fencing.

[info]sharnjilraedan

August 11 2006, 22:29:33 UTC 5 years ago

Strip Go would be awesome. But so would Strip Scrabble.

[info]orbifold

August 11 2006, 06:44:33 UTC 5 years ago

You can also play this with the complement of a Euchre deck. I.e. remove not just the face cards but also the aces, tens, and fives (which the people playing Euchre are presumably using to keep score). If you have a lot of people and not enough decks of cards you can split one deck between two games...handy.

It also works with four people each contributing one card per turn, but when the first person runs out one of the remaining three has to start contributing two cards per turn, which can get confusing.

There are some impossible combinations, AFAIK.

[info]orbifold

August 11 2006, 06:45:30 UTC 5 years ago

...but also the aces, tens, and fives...

And the nines. (It's been a while since I played Euchre...)

[info]purplesatin

August 11 2006, 17:35:11 UTC 5 years ago

Eye remember playing this as a kid! Used to love it. :}
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