C. Elkins 2015
Pyramid Solitaire
Number Bonds of 10:
1. Use a deck of cards with the face cards removed.
2. Shuffle and place 21 of the cards face up in a 6-row pyramid (or
less rows for younger students).
3. Each row overlaps the previous row. See below.
4. The remaining cards become the
draw
pile.
5. Follow these rules:
Only fully exposed cards can be played at any time. That
means to start, only the bottom row can be considered until
you start removing bottom cards.
You can only remove cards that equal 10, and only up to 2
cards at a time. (Example: Allowed—6 and 4. Not allowed—2,
2, 6).
When you remove cards from the pyramid, place them in a
discard pile (face up).
When you can’t make any more matches from the pyramid,
draw a card from the
draw
pile. If you can make a match,
great! If you can’t, place this card face up in the discard pile.
You can use the top card of the discard pile for any future
matches.
Goal: Get rid of all of the cards in the pyramid.
