math game - highest wins

This is a fast, fun game that can be played by a variety of ages.  It uses the basic number token set.  If you use juice lids for the number tokens, it can also be a noisy game.

Lay the number tokens on the table face down.

Everyone picks up two tokens.  The one with the highest sum gets a point.

Put your tokens back in the middle, mix them up then go again.

Play a pre-determined number of rounds.

variations:  The variations for this game are only limited by your imagination.  You can choose any number of tokens.  Young children just learning their numbers learn a lot even by using one token.  You can use subtracting or multiplying.  You could make the numbers the numerators and denominators of fractions.  You could say lowest wins or middle wins.

Go fast and be fun and your kids won't realize that they're doing math.