Patent ID: 6676414
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A method for playing an educational card game that teaches mathematical facts, comprising:(a) distributing a plurality of cards to a plurality of players, the cards comprising a plurality of mathematical question cards and a plurality of mathematical answer cards, wherein each mathematical question card illustrates a mathematical question without an answer, and each mathematical answer card illustrates a numerical answer without a mathematical question; (b) for each player in turn: drawing at least one card; determining whether a mathematical question card and a mathematical answer card in a player's hand match and, if so, posting the matched cards to a scoring area associated with the player; determining whether a mathematical question card in the player's hand and a mathematical answer card previously played by another player match and, if so, posting the mathematical question card to the scoring area; discarding one of the unmatched cards held by the player; if the discarded card was not the player's last card, then repeating the steps in (b) for the next player; (c) if the discarded card was the player's last card, then calculating a score.