Abstract An educational game for the teaching of multiplication in a competitive game of skill, utilizing a special game board, a deck of special playing cards, and a set of distinctively colored markers. The game board is square in shape, with a series of circles imprinted thereon such that the circles are aligned along imaginary lines parallel to the perpendicular sides of the board. Each such circle is marked with a number representing the product of two factors. This number is located about the periphery of the circle at four different locations and is positioned so that at each location it is oriented parallel to a different one of the four sides of the board. Each circle is divided into segments each segment identified by a different color corresponding to the color of one player''s markers. The deck of playing cards consists of a quantity of playing cards of an equal or greater number than the quantity of circles marked on the board, with each playing card marked with two factors which when multiplied represent a product encircled on the game board. The players each draw a card in turn, and each attempts to identify the correct numeral - marked circle on the playing board that represents the product of the two factors shown on the card that he has drawn. A marker, identified with the player, is placed over each circle that is correctly identified.
Inventors
👤 W Stratton
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-10-27 06:08
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/04; A63F3/0415
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
234 words
An educational game for the teaching of multiplication in a competitive game of skill utilizing a rectangular-shaped game board and playing cards distinctively marked for the purpose and a set of playing pieces, with each playing card marked with numerals that indicate two factors that when multiplied together result in a product represented on the game board, and with the playing pieces being identified by distinctive markings, such that each player utilizes a set of markers which are identified by the distinctive markings as belonging to that player; each distinctive marked area on the game board being identified by four sets of similar numerals positioned so that one of each set of such numerals is oriented parallel to one of the borders of the game board, with a segment of each marked area identified by a distinctive markings which is similar to the distinctive markings of one player''s playing pieces, and with each border of the game board being also distinctively marked so as to correspond to the distinctive markings of one player''s pieces, such that each player positioned at the border which is identified with his playing pieces will see a set of numerals in the erect position on the playing board, with each such erect numeral located adjacent the segment of each marked area on the playing board that is identified with the markings of his playing pieces and his border area.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
234 words
An educational game for the teaching of multiplication in a competitive game of skill utilizing a rectangular-shaped game board and playing cards distinctively marked for the purpose and a set of playing pieces, with each playing card marked with numerals that indicate two factors that when multiplied together result in a product represented on the game board, and with the playing pieces being identified by distinctive markings, such that each player utilizes a set of markers which are identified by the distinctive markings as belonging to that player; each distinctive marked area on the game board being identified by four sets of similar numerals positioned so that one of each set of such numerals is oriented parallel to one of the borders of the game board, with a segment of each marked area identified by a distinctive markings which is similar to the distinctive markings of one player''s playing pieces, and with each border of the game board being also distinctively marked so as to correspond to the distinctive markings of one player''s pieces, such that each player positioned at the border which is identified with his playing pieces will see a set of numerals in the erect position on the playing board, with each such erect numeral located adjacent the segment of each marked area on the playing board that is identified with the markings of his playing pieces and his border area.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
The combination, as recited in claim 1 in which the distinctive marking that identifies a player''s pieces, border position and product area on the game board is in the form of a distinctive color marking.