Educational card system and method for using same

Abstract

An educational card system comprises a set of game cards, each game card having a card number, an associated mathematical operation that is to be conducted using the card number and, at least one playing icon. The set of game cards has a plurality of playing icons, each of the plurality of playing icons having an associated playing number and being arranged on at least some of the game cards such that, for each particular playing number, the particular playing number is equal to a total derived by conducting the mathematical operation on the card number of the game cards on which the particular playing number appears.

1 . An educational card system comprising:
 a) a set of game cards, each game card having:
 i) a card number; 
 ii) an associated mathematical operation that is to be conducted using the card number; and, 
 iii) at least one playing icon 
   
       wherein the set of game cards has a plurality of playing icons, each of the plurality of playing icons having an associated playing number and being arranged on at least some of the game cards such that, for each particular playing icon, the associated particular playing number is equal to a total derived by conducting the mathematical operation on the card number of the game cards on which the particular playing icon appears. 
     
     
         2 . The educational card system of  claim 1  further comprising at least one selection card, the at least one selection card displaying all of the playing icons and a playing number associated with each playing icon. 
     
     
         3 . The educational card system of  claim 2  further comprising a plurality of selection cards, each selection card displaying one icon. 
     
     
         4 . The educational card system of  claim 2  wherein a single selection card is provided, the selection card displaying each icon and a playing number associated with each icon. 
     
     
         5 . The educational card system of  claim 1  wherein a mathematical operation is displayed on each game card. 
     
     
         6 . The educational card system of  claim 1  wherein a plurality of mathematical operations are used with a set of game cards and all but one of the mathematical operations is displayed on the set of game cards. 
     
     
         7 . The educational card system of  claim 6  wherein the mathematical operations comprise addition and subtraction and only subtraction is displayed on game cards in the set. 
     
     
         8 . The educational card system of  claim 1  wherein the educational card system is used to control the movement of game pieces around a board. 
     
     
         9 . An educational card system comprising:
 a) set of game cards, each game card having:
 i) a card number; 
 ii) an associated mathematical operation that is to be conducted using the card number; and, 
 iii) at least one playing number 
   
       wherein the set of game cards has a plurality of playing numbers, each of the plurality of playing numbers being arranged on at least some of the game cards such that, for each particular playing number, the particular playing number is equal to a total derived by conducting the mathematical operation on the card number of the game cards on which the particular playing number appears. 
     
     
         10 . The educational card system of  claim 9  wherein the educational card system is used to control the movement of game pieces around a board. 
     
     
         11 . The educational card system of  claim 10  further comprising a plurality of selection cards, each selection card displaying a playing number. 
     
     
         12 . The educational card system of  claim 10  further comprising one selection card that displays each playing number. 
     
     
         13 . The educational card system of  claim 10  wherein a mathematical operation is displayed on each game card. 
     
     
         14 . The educational card system of  claim 10  wherein a plurality of mathematical operations are used with a set of game cards and all but one of the mathematical operations is displayed on the set of game cards. 
     
     
         15 . The educational card system of  claim 14  wherein the mathematical operations comprise addition and subtraction and only subtraction is displayed on game cards in the set. 
     
     
         16 . A method of playing a mathematical game comprising:
 a) providing a set of game cards, each game card having:
 i) a card number; 
 ii) an associated mathematical operation that is to be conducted using the card number; and, 
 iii) at least one playing indicia, each playing indicia including a playing number 
   
       wherein the set of game cards has a plurality of playing indicia, each of the plurality of playing indicia being arranged on at least some of the game cards such that, for each particular playing number, the particular playing number is equal to a total derived by conducting the mathematical operation on the card number of the game cards on which the particular playing indicia appears;
 b) determining a selected playing indicia; 
 c) reviewing each game card to determine if the selected playing indicia is on a game card and conducting the mathematical operation on the card number of the game cards on which the selected playing indicia is provided to obtain a total; and, 
 d) using the total to determine the playing indicia. 
 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16  wherein the playing indicia consists of a playing number and the method further comprises providing a plurality of selection cards, each selection card displaying a playing number and using the selection cards to determine selected playing number. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16  wherein the playing indicia comprises a playing icon having an associated playing number and the method further comprises providing a plurality of selection cards, each selection card displaying a playing icon and using the selection cards to determine selected playing icon. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 16  wherein the playing indicia consists of a playing number and the method further comprises providing one selection card that displays each playing number and using the selection card to determine the selected playing number. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 16  wherein the playing indicia comprises a playing icon having an associated playing number and the method further comprises providing one selection card that displays each playing icon and the associated playing number and using the selection card to determine the selected playing icon. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 16  wherein a plurality of mathematical operations are used with a set of game cards and all but one of the mathematical operations is displayed on the set of game cards and the method further comprises determining the mathematical operation for a game card by reading the operation displayed thereon and, if no mathematical operation is displayed thereon, determining the mathematical operation for a game card by remembering the mathematical operation that is not displayed on the game cards in the set. 
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 16  wherein the set of game cards is used to control the movement of game pieces around a board.