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Number of players: 3 or 4
Materials: 16 index cards
Hit the Target

Copy the numbers listed below onto cards, one per card. Shuffle the cards and deal four cards to each player.

The object is to keep the three cards with an estimated sum that is closest to 2000. First, round each number to the nearest hundred. Then determine which three cards have an estimated sum that is closest to 2000. Next, discard one card. The student whose three cards have an estimated sum closest to 2000 wins.

Repeat the game several times changing the target sum of the three cards to numbers between 1,000 and 3,000.

Numbers to put on cards:
 
821

156

220

381

 
310

903

410

782

 
670

296

135

518

 
852

421

563

387