ACTIVITY ONE

CARD GAME INVOLVING MEAN,

MEDIAN AND MODE.
Things you need:

Deck of cards
Piece of paper for each

player and a spare piece

for scoring
Pens
Calculator is needed
A minimum of 4 players

MODE AND MEDIAN GAMES ARE SUITED TO

PLAYERS WHO ARE JUST LEARNING THE CONCEPTS
OF MEAN, MEDIAN AND MODE. THE MEAN GAME IS
AIMED AT SLIGHTLY MORE ADVANCED PLAYERS.

HOW TO PLAY:

Shuffle the cards and out 7 cards per player.

Note: the Ace will be replaced by a 1 in this game.
A minimum of four players is required per game.
Pick one of the games below that is most suited to your learning level.
Choose which game you would like to play:
Mean: Each player finds the total value of digits on their cards, then divide the total
by 7 to find the mean (average). Be sure to round all numbers to the nearest whole
number. Your score is the mean score calculated. Use a pen and paper to work out
calculations, if necessary use a calculator. Record each players score, continue this
process until you have a winner. The player who is the first to get 21 is the winner of
the game.
Median: Each player finds the median (middle) card, that number is the score for
that round. Repeat the dealing of 7 cards until you find a winner. The winner is the
first person to reach a score of 21.
Mode: each player finds the mode (most common) in their hand of cards. The score
is recorded and the next hand is dealt. Players continue this process until the winner
reaches a score of 21. If there is 2 modes then those figures will be both of the
players score.
How to calculate:
Mean (average) = add all of the cards together and divide by the number of cards. I.e. 5+3+5+4= 17
174= 4.25 which when rounded to w whole number equals to 4.
Median (middle number) = place all of the cards in numerical order from smallest to largest. The middle
number of this groups is the median.
Mode (most common number) = look at the group of cards and find the cards that have the same number
on it. The one with the most is the mode.