Addition War

LEVEL:	Grade 1-3
SKILLS:	addition
PLAYERS	2
EQUIPMENT:	Grade 1-2: cards Ace (=1) through 5 Grade 2-3: cards Ace (=1) through 9
GETTING STARTED:	Players divide cards evenly between themselves. Each player turns over two cards and adds them together. The highest sum gets all of the cards. In the event of a tie (ie. each player has the same sum), WAR is declared. Each player deals out three more cards. These two cards are added together. The highest sum wins all of the cards. Play continues until one player as collected all of the cards.
EXAMPLE:	Player 1 + = 5		Player 2 + =5
	+ = 7	War is declared! (three cards face down) Player 2 collects all of the cards.	+ = 8
VARIATION:	Vary the number of cards to modify the level of difficulty.
EXAMPLE	23 +6 Three cards / player	OR	534 +43 Five cards / player