Card Game War Rules
A fun way for children to learn math.
In this Card Game War, it is best played with 2 players using the aces through 10s of a standard deck of cards
Card Game War
Do your children struggle to learn math? The game of Math War allows you to help your child build calculating speed in a fun and exciting manner. You are going to need several decks of cards. Math cards are normal playing cards without the king, queen, and jack. As a rule it’s one deck per person. Math decks contain forty cards, so one game of War allows kids to perform twenty problems, and they hear their challenger work twenty more. How to Play Simple War
All players turn over one card. The person with the highest number will win the battle, putting all of their cards and all of the cards they seized from other players into their pile. When there is a tie for the highest card, everyone battles: all players lay 3 cards down, and then another card is placed face up. The highest card will seize all the cards on the table. If there is a tie again, repeat this process until somebody gets the highest card. The person who has the highest number will seize all the cards played during that turn. Winning the game
When everyone has gone through the whole deck, count the cards. The person with the most cards is the winner. Or if you prefer, you can shuffle the remaining cards and play until someone collects all of the cards. Variations of the Card Game War
For variations of this game; the tie breaker, where you have 3 cards down and 1 card up becomes 2 cards down and 2 cards up. For more complex games, the tie breaker is different: the cards are put in a center and left there for the next card to be flipped over.
Addition War
everyone turns up 2 cards for each battle. The highest calculation wins. Advanced Addition War
turns up 3 (or 4) cards for each battle and add them up. Subtraction War
everyone turns up 2 cards and subtracts them. The greatest difference wins the battle. Product War
Turn over 2 cards and multiply. Advanced Product War
Turn up 3 (or 4) cards and multiply. Fraction War
everyone turn over 2 cards and make a fraction, using the smaller card as the numerator. The highest fraction wins the battle. Improper Fraction War
Turn over 2 cards and make a fraction, using the larger card as the numerator. The highest fraction wins the battle. Integer Addition War
Black cards are positive numbers; red cards are negative. The greatest sum wins. Remember that -2 are greater than -7. Integer Product War
Black cards are positive numbers; red cards are negative. The greatest product wins. Remember that two negative numbers make a positive product. Wild War
Players turn up 3 cards and may do whatever math manipulation they wish with the numbers. The greatest answer wins the battle. Advanced Wild War
Black cards are positive numbers; red cards are negative numbers. Players turn up 4 cards (or 5) and may do whatever math manipulation they wish with the numbers. The greatest answer wins the battle. Reverse Wild War
Players turn up 3 cards (or 4, or 5) and may do whatever math manipulation they wish with the numbers. The answer with the lowest absolute value (closest to zero) wins the battle.
Here are some great variations to the War Game  CRAZY OLD FISH WAR CARD GAME
 EGYPTIAN WAR
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