Spin for Expressions Materials: – Plus/minus spinner – A number cube – Expression playing cards Pass out all the expression cards FACE DOWN. The dealer then rolls the number cube to determine the value of the variable, and then spins the spinner to determine if the value is positive or negative. Each player will turn over one card and evaluate their expression. The player with the greatest value for that round takes all the cards. The player with the most cards at the end of the game is the winner.

x2x2 3x2x + 12x 3x + 12x - 13x - 1x3x3 3x + 25x - 15x5x + 1

x 2 - 1x 3 - 1x 3 + 1x x - 2x 2 -2X 3 + 2x x x - 33x + 53x - 5

5x + 32x x x 2 2x x + 14x2x x - 13x + 34x - 24x + 2

2x + 32x - 52x + 52x - 3 5x + 22x x 3 5x - 2 2x 3 + 1x4x4 5x x 3 - 4