Playing Games Using Math
I've tried to invent a game that I'll have fun with and I'll be able to improve in math. One of the games I invented is called Multiply to Infinity.
To play, you need one ball, a wall and a good brain. The rules are: Bounce the ball off the wall and catch it, which gives you three points. If you throw the ball off the wall and it bounces once on the ground and then you catch it, you get two points. If you bounce the ball off the wall and it bounces twice and then you catch it, you get one point. Then you do it again and multiply the two point totals. Example: two points times three points equals six points. Then, you play again, and multiply the aggregate score with the new score. Example, you had six points and got three more points and your new total is eighteen points. To win, you have to get to INFINITY!!! Well, not really, but you keep playing and keeping score to see who has the most points.
I also play card games that that involve math, like cribbage. In cribbage, you have to add scores on a board. To get points, you play two cards whose values combined equal fifteen, a pair of equal value cards or a run of consecutively numbered cards. Example: Two cards equaling fifteen, a seven and an eight. For a pair, two threes. For a run, a series of four, five and six.
I play these games either with other people or all by myself.



