An educational kit for solving a linear algebraic equation having a solution, said linear algebraic equation having a left side, a right side, and an equals sign separating said left side and said right side, comprising:
- a display board having, a top edge, a bottom edge, a left side, a right side, and a border region;
- a sport playing field, said sport playing field being printed on said display board, for simulating playing a specific game associated with a specific competitive sport;
- a first pair of equation boxes printed in said border region near said top edge of said display board, said first pair of equation boxes being separated by an equals sign for writing said left-hand side of said linear algebraic equation and said right-hand side of said linear algebraic equation;
- a first pair of solution boxes printed on said display board in said border region near said lower edge, and a second pair of solution boxes printed in said border region below said first pair of solution boxes;
- said first pair of solution boxes being separated by an equals sign for showing on one side all amounts where a single variable “x” is written in said pair of equal boxes and showing on an opposite side all amounts of numeric values in said pair of equation boxes;
- and said second pair of solution boxes being separated by an equals sign wherein a numerical solution of the said linear algebraic equation is written as a numerical value;
- one or more two-sided non-masking objects and one or more two-sided non-counting unit objects respectively representing a first team on one side and a second team on an opposite side, said first team and said second team being opposing teams associated with said specific competitive sport, each of said two-sided non-masking objects and each of said two-sided non-counting unit objects respectively representing either said first team or said second team, each of said non-masking units respectively having printed a same “X” value on both sides but of opposite signs for identifying and distinguishing the said first team represented by said non-masking objects from said second team represented by said non-counting unit objects, each of said non-counting unit objects respectively representing said first team having printed a positive value on one side and a negative value on an opposite side for identifying said first team represented by said non-counting unit objects from said second team represented by said non-masking unit objects,
- said sport playing field having a left side and a right side;
- whereby said non-counting unit objects and said non-masking objects are arranged on said left and right sides of said sport playing field to form said linear algebraic equation by mirroring/duplicating said linear algebraic equation without use of masking said non-counting unit objects and thereafter are rearranged according to algebraic rules of movement in order to simplify said linear algebraic equation without use of masking said non-counting unit objects thereby forming respective rearranged non-counting unit objects and respective rearranged non-masking objects such that all said rearranged non-counting unit objects representing said first team and all said rearranged non-masking objects representing said second team remain on both said left and said right sides of said sport playing field, with no additional non-counting unit objects and no additional non-masking objects being progressively added to said sport playing field until said solution to said linear algebraic equation is reached, wherein all said non-masking objects and said non-counting unit objects being the only articles used for representing elements of said given linear algebraic equation and solving said given linear algebraic equation without any indicator means for representing said linear algebraic equation by mathematical operations.