Math Match Game

The UFF-DA Math Match Game

This is a competitive educational number matching game for ages 6 and up. It promotes verbal/visual number recognition and math matching skills using the SUM of two numbers on each card. It uses 44 of the original 55 cards in the UFF-DA card deck that have matching sums with at least one other card. 

 All of the UFF-DA family of games promote personal interactions with

“Friendly Face to Face Family Fun”

using the characteristic verbal expressions “UFF-DA!” and “Next”. 

When a matching SUM is discovered, the player gleefully declares “UFF-DA!” (the signature name of the game) and then places the matched SUM into their stack increasing their chances of winning the game.

The card stealing penalty is optional, for young players that may be negatively affected by losing the cards if they forget to say UFF-DA, i.e. rules 5-8 are omitted.

There is 1 or 2 SUM matching cards for each of the 44 cards in the deck. The higher numbers are more of a math challenge, but they also provide more matching cards. 

Similar to the ”UFF-DA Match Game”, the reward of saying UFF-DA, out loud, for each matched SUM discovered, encourages the development of each player’s math/matching skills. The UFF-DA Math Match Game expands the educational application of the UFF-DA card deck by teaching verbal/visual SUM matching skills and encourages personal interactions.

Start by removing the following 11 cards from the 55 card deck that do not have matching SUM cards. The remaining 44 cards are used for the “The UFF-DA Math Match Game”.

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Rules:

  1. Shuffle the deck and place the 44 cards face down in rows and columns on the table.
  2. The first player turns-over a card and announces the 2 numbers and their SUM out loud.
  3. The same player then turns-over a second card and states the 2 numbers and their SUM out loud.
  4. If a SUM match is detected, the player says “UFF-DA!”, and places the cards in their stack and continues to play.
  5. Failure to say UFF-DA, before placing the cards in their stack, may result in an UFF-DA penalty.
  6. Say UFF-DA, out loud to catch the penalty and steal the 2 cards from the forgetful player.
  7. Catching the UFF-DA penalty ends the caught players turn.
  8. The UFF-DA penalty must be caught before another game card is turned over on the board, to be enforced.
  9. If the 2 cards do not have a matching sum, the cards are returned to the board and the player says NEXT.  
  10. The next player turns over two cards in the same way and continues the game play.
  11. When all the game cards on the table are matched each player counts their cards.
  12. The player with the most matched cards wins the “UFF-DA Math Match Game”.
  13. A card count tie, goes to the player with the highest card in their stack.

This SUM matching game expands the educational value of the UFF-DA card deck by introducing single number addition skills to the matching challenge of the game. It promotes a player’s math skills and increases the overall educational value of the UFF-DA card game.