Adding & Subtracting Integers Playing Cards (Games)

Integer expression cards form a 52-card deck of 13 matching sets, used to play card sort, Go Fish, Spoons or War by finding addition and subtraction expressions with equal values.
Grades
Grade 7
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Preparation
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Updated Sep 26, 2026

Subject
Numbers, Math
Topic
Integers, Playing Cards
Resource types
Games
Preparation
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Game Options:
General Card Sort (for beginners); Go Fish, Spoons, War, etc.
*NOTE: The expressions do NOT contain "double signs"; this is so that students can build fluency without slowing the pace of any game.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Evaluate addition and subtraction expressions with integers

  • Identify integer expressions that have equal values

Teaching tips

  • Starting with the general card sort lets students check equivalences without game pressure before moving to Spoons or War.

Skills covered

  • Evaluating integer expressions — finding the value of each card to decide where it belongs

  • Recognizing equivalence — collecting four expressions with the same value into one set

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Adding integers

  • Subtracting integers

  • Equivalent expressions

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