A standard deck of 52 playing cards can be divided in several common ways. The most frequent divisions are by color or suit.
Division by Color
- The deck is divided into two colors: Red and Black.
- Each color contains 26 cards.
- Red cards consist of the suits Hearts and Diamonds.
- Black cards consist of the suits Spades and Clubs.
Division by Suit
- The deck is divided into four suits: Spades, Hearts, Diamonds, and Clubs.
- Each suit contains 13 cards.
- These 13 cards include an Ace, numbers 2 through 10, a Jack, a Queen, and a King.
Summary
Essentially, a deck of 52 cards can be evenly split into two colors (red and black) with 26 cards each, or four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs) with 13 cards each.
