1. Please grab a sheet of paper and
make a name tent for yourself
Math 483 – Chuck DeVange
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3. Factor Game Rules
1. Player A chooses a number on the game board and circles it.
2. Using a different color or symbol, Player B circles all proper factors of Player A’s
number.
3. Player B circles a new number, and player A circles all the proper factors of the
number that are not already marked.
4. The players take turns choosing numbers and circling factors
5. If a player circles a number that has no factors left that have not been circled, then
that player does not get the points for the number circled and loses the next turn.
6. The game ends when there are no numbers left with uncircled factors.
7. Each player adds the numbers that are circled with their mark/color.
The player with the greater total is the winner.
4. Is it better to go first or second? Why?
What is the best first move? Convince us!
What is the worst first move? How come?
9. Keith Devlin
“Mathematical Notation is no more mathematics than
musical notation is music… the music exists not n the
printed page, but in our mind.”
Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice
and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky - or
the answer is wrong and you have to start over and try again
and see how it comes out this time.
Carl Sandburg
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11. Pick the lowest number
Each person is given a small piece of paper on which
they write down their name and a number. The number
must be a positive integer. The winner is the person who
has written down the smallest number that no one else
has written down.
