Win the Math Fact War!

Practice math facts with your child the fun way – play Math Fact War! All you need is a set of math fact flash cards. The rules are simple:

• Select a deck of math fact cards that your child is working on – it is best to start with addition or multiplication. Shuffle the deck and divide it roughly in half for you and your child.
• Count 1-2-3 and then flip over the top card and put it on the table.
• Each player reads the entire math fact out loud. For example 2+3=5.
• Whoever has the math fact with the highest answer wins.
• If you both have the same answer, then you go to war! Flip over three more cards. Read that math fact out loud. Whoever has the highest answer wins the round. Keep doing this until one player has a math fact with a higher answer.
• The winner of a round gets all the turned over stacks of cards.
  Keep fighting the math fact battles until all of the cards have been flipped over.
• Each player counts the cards in his or her stack. The player with the most cards wins.

For a bigger challenge:

To make it more challenging, add subtraction math fact cards to the deck.
You will have to think fast to win this war!

For an even BIGGER challenge:

The player who can quickly add the answers to both math facts in their head and get the correct answer, wins all the cards. This sharpens mental math skills and number sense.