Ready for Algebra Card Game

Each group (2 to four players; one or two players on a team) receives a deck of cards.

Each player is dealt seven cards. The top card of the remaining deck is turned face up, and placed next to the deck. This becomes the discard pile. Players take turns drawing a card from the deck or taking the top card in the discard pile. In each round, the player must lay down matching pairs and then discard one card.

The game ends when a player runs out of cards. The winner is the first person (or team) to discard all of his or her pairs of cards. Each player (or team of players) receives ten points for each pair. The winner gets one additional point for each card remaining in each opponent’s hand.

Examples of winning pairs:

Eight more than 3 times a number is two	Twelve increased by 4 times a number is 2	The product of 6 and a number	The sum of a number and 8
Seven times a number is 35	Three less than 6 times a number is 15	Four less than 6 times a number is 44	Eight increased by the sum of a number and 5 is 3
Nine less than 4 times a number	A number decreased by 7	Six decreased by 3 times a number equals –9	Seven more than 4 times a number is 15
Five less than 6 times a number is 7	Nine decreased by twice a number is 1	A number increased by 5 times the number is –30	Eight decreased by 5 times a number is 18
Four times the sum of a number and 10 is 8	Seven less than a number is twice the number	Nine less than 5 times a number is the same as the number decreased by 1	Seven times a number is the same as 10 more than twice the number
Seven more than 6 times the sum of a number and 4	Fourteen more than a number is 3 times the number	Ten less than 8 times the sum of twice a number and –4	Five times the sum of 6 and x is the same as 2 increased by x
A number increased by 20 is 8 decreased by 3 times the number	Five increased by 3 less than twice the number	Seven less than twice a number is the same as the number decreased by 8	Ten more than a number is 3 times the sum of the number and 4
Four more than 5 times a number is the same as 3 times the number	Five times a number is the same as 6 more than twice the number	A number increased by 16 is the same as 4 decreased by 3 times the number	Five times the sum of 7 and x is the same as 11 increased by x
The sum of a number and three	The product of 7 and a number	Nine more than 8 times a number is the same as 7 times the number	Four more than a number is the same as 3 times the sum of the number and 2
A number decreased by 6	Nine increased by a number	Ten more than twice a number	A number decreased by 9
Two less than a number	Five more than twice a number	Four increased by a number is 20	Five times the sum of x and 7
One more than the sum of x and 6	Eight less than 3 times a number	Eight more than twice a number is 14	Three times the sum of x and 4 is 21
Seven less than twice the sum of a number and 5	Six times the sum of 3 and a number	Four less than a number	Seven increased by a number
8[2x + (-4)] - 10	X – 7 = 2x	4(x + 10) = 8	5(x+6) = 2 + x
2x – 7 = x – 8	14 + x + 3x	6(x + 4) + 7	X + 10 = 3(x + 4)
X + 16 = 4 – 3x	5 + (2x – 3)	X + 20 = 8 – 3x	5(7 + x) = 11 + x
2(x + 5) – 7	5x = 6 + 2x	4 + 5x = 3x	6(3 + x)
7 + 4x = 15	7 + x	X – 4	6 – 3x = -9
8 + (x+5) = 3	4x – 9	X – 7	6x – 4 = 44
X + 8	7x = 35	6x – 3 =15	6x
9 – 2x = 1	3x + 8 = 2	12 + 4x = 20	6x – 5 = 7
12 – 5(x + 7)	X + 5x = -30	8 – 5x = 18	3 [x + (-2)] = 15
Three times the sum of a number and –2 is 15	Twelve decreased by 5 ties the sum of a number and 7	7x	X + 3
X + 4 = 3(x+2)	9 + 8x = 7x	9 + x	X – 6
X – 9	10 + 2x	5 + 2x	X – 2
5(x + 7)	4 + x = 20	3x – 8	(8 + 6) + 1
3(x + 4) = 21	8 + 2x = 14	7x = 10 + 2x	5x – 9 = x - 1