A method of playing a math game, comprising the acts of:
- providing a generally rectangular playing surface having spaced apart and substantially parallel starting and ending sides, and a plurality of generally rectangular playing spaces arranged in a rectangular grid between said starting and ending sides of said playing surface;
- said playing Surface having an illustration providing thereon beneath said playing spaces such that said grid of said playing spaces is overlaid over said illustration, said illustration illustrating a beach shore line and a body of water, said beach shore line being extended adjacently along said ending side of said playing surface, said body of water being extended from said beach shore line to said starting side of said playing surface;
- said plurality of playing spaces including a starting playing space adjacent said starting side of said playing surface and an ending space adjacent said ending side of said playing surface;
- said starting and ending playing spaces each having an image of a seal displayed therein;
- said plurality of playing spaces including a plurality of obstacle playing spaces;
- said plurality of playing spaces including a plurality of answer playing spaces each having a number displayed therein in numeric indicia, said number of any one of said answer playing spaces being unique from said number of any other of said answer playing spaces such that only one of said answer spaces is selectable for each number;
- providing a spinner comprising:
- a base being generally cylindrical in shape and having spaced apart and generally circular top and bottom faces, said bottom face of said base comprising a resiliently deformable material for frictionally enhancing contact between said bottom face of said base and a resting surface on which said spinner rests for facilitating prevention said base from slipping during use of said spinner;
- said top face of said base having center, and a plurality of pie-wedge-shaped spinner spaces displayed thereon and outwardly radiating from said center of top face;
- each of said spinner spaces having a mathematical question displayed thereon, said mathematical question of each spinner space having a correct answer equal to the number displayed on a corresponding one of said answer playing spaces;
- a pointer being rotatably mounted to said center of said top face to permit free rotation of said pointer about said center of said top face in a plane generally parallel to said top face of said base;
- wherein said pointer has an generally disk-shaped spinning dial upwardly extending from said center of said top face of said base, said spinning dial being adapted for permitting spinning said of said pointer with the fingers of a user;
- wherein said pointer has a downwardly extending generally cylindrical center extent downwardly extending through said top face of said base to permit rotation of said center extent, a spaced apart pair of annular washers being disposed about said center extent, said top face of said base being interposed between said annular washers, and wherein a retaining collar is disposed about and coupled to said center extent in said base such that one of said annular washers is interposed between top face of said base and said retaining collar, said retaining collar preventing said center extent from being removed from said top face of said base;
- providing a plurality of playing tokens, each playing token having a generally circular resting base for enhancing stability of said playing token and a generally spherical upper knob for permitting easier grasping of said playing token;
- providing a plurality of players;
- assigning each player one of said playing tokens;
- placing said playing tokens of each player on said starting playing space;
- selecting a first player from said plurality of players;
- performing a plurality of player turns with each player performing alternating player turns with the other players and said first player performing a first of said plurality of player turns;
- each player turn comprising the acts of:
- spinning said pointer of said spinner such that said pointer terminates its rotation above one of said spinner spaces so that said one spinner spaces is designated the active spinner space of the respective turn;
- answering the mathematical question displayed on said active spinner space;
- advancing the playing token of the respective player on to the answer space displaying the correct answer to the mathematical question of the active spinner space when the player correctly answers the mathematical question of the active spinner space;
- moving the playing token of the respective player on to the previous playing space on which said playing piece occupied prior to the commencement of the present playing turn when the player incorrectly answers the mathematical question of the active spinner space;
- advancing said playing token to said ending playing space upon the player correctly answering said mathematical question posed by said active spinner space when said playing token occupies an answer space adjacent said beach coast line;
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- declaring a winner as the first player to have respective playing token reach said ending space.