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SCRABBLE^® MATH

July 2-13, 2001

This SCRABBLE^® game can promote math awareness and skills.

• Place a bag of SCRABBLE^® tiles in the center of the table.
• Players take turns being the leader.
• The leader will call out a direction, such as, "The highest number."
• Each player will draw three tiles from the bag, keeping the letters from being seen by other players. They will then use their tiles to make the highest number they can. For example: If a player draws AEH, A and E both have a value of 1, H has a value of 4. By placing them in the order HAE, the player can make the number 411.
• Players reveal their scores. The player with the highest number scores one point.
• Tiles are returned to the bag after each play, and the bag is shaken.
• The player that scores the most points at the end of the game wins.

There are endless variations of problems that can be posed. Here is a sampling:

1. Pick three tiles, make the lowest number.
2. Pick four tiles, add single digits to get the highest sum.
3. Pick four tiles, make two two-digit numbers and add to get the highest sum.
4. Pick four tiles, make two two-digit numbers and subtract to get the lowest difference.
5. Pick three tiles, make one two-digit number and multiply by the third number to get the highest number.
6. Pick four tiles, make one three-digit number and divide by the fourth number.
7. Pick six tiles, make two three-digit numbers and subtract one from the other to get the highest difference.
8. Pick six tiles, make two three-digit numbers and subtract one from the other to get the smallest difference.
9. Pick six tiles, make two three-digit numbers and add to get the highest sum.
10. Pick six tiles, make two three-digit number and add to get the lowest sum.

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elsewhere on this web site, you can: find out-of-the-box tips, print score sheets, scorecards and challenge slips or buy a copy of the Official SCRABBLE^® Players Dictionary, Third Edition

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