FRACTION ACTION,
FRACTION FRICTION

• 1 set of Fraction Action, Fraction Friction cards
  A deck of 16 Fraction Action, Fraction Friction cards includes one card for each of the following fractions (for several fractions there are 2 cards):  1/2, 1/3, 2/3, 1/4, 3/4, 1/6, 1/6, 5/6, 1/12, 1/12, 5/12, 5/12, 7/12, 7/12, 11/12, 11/12
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Two (2) or Three (3)

Shuffle the Fraction Action, Fraction Friction cards.  Deal one card to each player.  The player with the fraction closest to 1/2 begins the game.

Players return their cards to the deck.  Shuffle the deck again.  Place the pile facedown between the players.

Players take turns.  At each turn:

1. The player takes a card from the top of the pile and places it face up on the playing surface.
2. At each turn, the player must announce one of the following:
   "Action!"
   This means that the player wants an additional card.  The player believes that the sum of the cards is not close enough to 2 to win the hand and that with an additional card, there is a good chance that the sum of the cards will be even closer to 2, without becoming greater than 2.
   "Friction!"
   This means that the player does not want an additional card.  The player believes that the sum of the cards is close enough to 2 to win the hand and that with an additional card, there is a good chance that the sum of the cards will be greater than 2.
3. Play continues until all players have announced, "Friction!" or have a set of cards whose sum is greater than 2.  The player whose sum is closest to 2 without going over is the winner of the hand.  Players may check each other's sums on their calculators.
4. Reshuffle the cards and begin again.  The winner of the game is the first player to win 5 hands.