PRIME AND PUNISHMENT
LEVEL:
SKILLS:
PLAYERS:
EQUIPMENT:
GETTING STARTED:
EXAMPLE:
Grade 7-10
Prime factorization, addition with regrouping, problem
solving
2
Cards King - 9 (King = 0), paper, peneil (calculator
optional)
The goal of the game is to be the player with the
highest accumulated total after a set period of time. To
begin, each player draws three cards off the top of the
deck and makes a three-digit number. Once their
numbers are set, the players will be finding the unique
prime factors for that number. Players must analyze
their numbers carefully as their score for the round will
be the sum of their number's unique prime factors.
Player One's Number: 736 = 23 x2x2x2x2x2
Since 736 has two unique prime numbers of 23 and 2,
their score would be 23 + 2 = 25.
If Player One had arranged their cards to create the
number 367, Player One would have built a prime
number and thus would have had a score of 367 +1 =
368,
At the beginning of each round, players select three
cards off the top of their deck, build their number and
factor it. Players check each other's work for their
unique primes. Once checked, players calculate the
sum of their own unique primes and add this to their
accumulative score.
‘The player with the highest accumulated score, after a
set period of time is the winner.EXAMPLE: Round One:
Player One
429
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(om) 1438.
143 +3 = 146 points
Round Two:
Player One
829
(eine 82911
829 + 1 = 830 points
Player Two
559
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(eine) 5591
559 + 1 = 560 points
Player Two
753
/\
in) 2813
251 +3 = 254 points
After two rounds, Player One has 976 points (146 +
830) and Player Two has 814 points (560 + 254).
‘THOUGHT PROVOKERS:
1. What is the largest prime number a player can build
with their three cards?
2.What strategy works best when arranging your
cards to create a number that is prime or has high
unique prime factors?