Patent ID: 6857876

Claim:
A method of playing an educational game by a plurality of players comprising the steps of: providing a game board having a top surface and a peripheral edge, said top surface having a plurality of elongated slots therein, each of said slots defining a row being positioned in one of a plurality of columns such that each of said columns has plurality of rows therein each having a left end and a right end, each of said columns having a number of rows therein equal to a number of columns provided; providing a plurality of multiplier indicia, each of said multiplier indicia being positioned adjacent to one of said columns, each of said multiplier indicia being a different numeral beginning with 1 and increasing to a number equal to the number of columns; providing a plurality of multiplicand indicia, each of said multiplicand indicia being positioned adjacent to one of said left ends of said rows such that each of said rows has an adjacent one of said multiplicand indicia, wherein each of said columns includes multiplicand indicia beginning with a numeral 1 positioned adjacent to an uppermost row of said column and increasing by one for each subsequent row to a lowermost row of said column; providing a plurality of game pieces, each of said game pieces being mounted in one of said slots, each of said game pieces being selectively positioned adjacent to said right or left ends of said rows; providing a random number indicator for indicating a number between 1 and a number equal to the number of said columns; each of said players using said number indicator in turn until a unique number is indicated for each player, said player being assigned a column having the multiplier equal to said unique number; using said random number indicator once by each player in turn and moving said game piece in a player's column from said left side to said right side when said number indicator indicates a number equal to an associated one of said multiplicand indicia; winning the game by a player having all of said game pieces moved to respective right ends within the player's column.