Patent ID: 8221124

Claim:
An educational game, comprising: a first game component having either a first letter or a first number; a first point value and a first type indicator which indicates the first game component type; a second game component having either a second letter, a second number, or a mathematical operator; a second point value and a second type indicator which indicates the second game component type, wherein the second game component type is different than the first; a playing field having first, second, and third game component fields, wherein the first game component field has a predetermined area for a game component of a first game component type, the second game component field has a predetermined area for a game component of a second game component type, and the third game component field has an area for game components of either the first or second game component type, wherein the first letter or first number of the first game component and the second letter, second number, or mathematical operator of the second game component are combinable to form an expression having a point value based on at least the first and second point values.