Fractional-arithmetic-teaching game
CA 2207732 A1 · Owner: Scelzo, John C. · Inventors: Scelzo, John C.
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An apparatus and a method for playing a math-teaching board game which enables a player student while manipulating game-pieces to gain an understanding of the concept of fractions and arithmetical operations associated therewith. The game is played by 2 to 4 players. The game includes a pyramidical-shaped board having a continuous path of steps, individual game tokens, a die, a plurality of decks of question cards for respective arithmetic operators, fraction boards and a slide box for placement of the fraction boards thereon. In playing the game, the player skillfully moves a selective game token up a number of steps based on the roll of the die. Each step on the board displays an …
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- Filed June 13, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 13, 2017.
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