Can You Make 24? Playing the 24 Game
The 24 Game is one of my favorite things to do with students when we have some down time between chapters.
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The rules of the game as simple. Take four numbers and combine them with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in whatever order you'd like. But you must use all four, and your result from those operations should be 24.
Twenty-four tends to be a good number to aim for because there are several numbers that are factors of 24 that you can target (2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 12) and there are some other numbers close to 24 that also have several factors you can aim for (like 30), then follow that up with some addition or subtraction.
How about the one I left over from the video? How would you combine 2, 15, 11, and 7 to come up with 24?
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